{"id":545,"date":"2014-12-19T09:58:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T17:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2014-12-19T09:58:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T17:58:47","slug":"patanjali-never-said-anything-alignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/2014\/12\/patanjali-never-said-anything-alignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Patanjali Never Said Anything About Alignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-549\" src=\"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/245_hp_12.jpg\" alt=\"245_hp_12\" width=\"498\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/245_hp_12.jpg 800w, https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/245_hp_12-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-508\" src=\"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/YJLogoBlack_highres-2.jpg\" alt=\"~YJLogoBlack_highres-2\" width=\"92\" height=\"27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/YJLogoBlack_highres-2.jpg 539w, https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/YJLogoBlack_highres-2-300x87.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Patanjali Never Said Anything About Alignment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/yoga-101\/philosophy\/yoga-sutras\/patanjali-never-said-anything-alignment\/\" target=\"_blank\">YogaJournal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who knows me knows I teach alignment\u2014a lot of it.\u00a0 Actually \u201ca lot\u201d doesn\u2019t begin to cover it. I am anatomically focused, and driven to try to understand how the body functions mechanically (as evidenced by my\u00a0Alignment Cues Decoded\u00a0series here on YogaJournal.com).<\/p>\n<p>Patanjali\u00a0never said anything about anatomy or alignment, though. So why bother? I actually have two very specific reasons for teaching alignment and anatomy; one is practical and one is embedded within thephilosophy\u00a0of the\u00a0Yoga Sutra.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/media.yogajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/245_hp_021.jpg\" alt=\"AlexandriaCrowParsvakonasana\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>The Practical Reason for Teaching Alignment in Yoga<\/h2>\n<p>When I began my physical\u00a0yoga asana\u00a0practice, I had no idea that it was a philosophy that would change my life. I felt something within me was different on my\u00a0yoga mat\u00a0than in other sports and activities I\u2019d done, but it took years for me to figure out what. I thought yoga was a physical exercise, a sport, or acrobatics. And until the deeper levels are unlocked, that\u2019s what many people think. And that\u2019s OK! But if that\u2019s the case, as a teacher, I must treat the poses somewhat as a sport, using the kind of wisdom a physical therapist, coach, or trainer would.<\/p>\n<p>Each body is different and has its own individual work and ease. There is no one-size-fits-all alignment and no one-size-fits-all pose. But over time I found I could address all limitations simultaneously in a public class by identifying alignment priorities for students. Then by giving them progressive steps, based on anatomical principles and muscular efforts, toward the\u00a0peak pose, I allowed them to decide in the moment if the next step was doable in keeping with the priorities. This method gives students a step-by-step path from thesimple\u00a0to the\u00a0seemingly unachievable pose. It also limits their\u00a0risk of injury\u00a0to the very best of my ability. People will get hurt. They will mistakenly make choices that injure them. I\u2019ve done it myself.\u00a0But at the end of the day, part of this practice is about learning the difference between discomfort and harmful pain and it\u2019s my job to stop the harmful pain as best I can.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/media.yogajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/245_hp_153.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandria Crow Bridge Pose\" \/><\/figure>\n<h2>The Philosophical Reasons for Teaching Asana Alignment<\/h2>\n<p>The first sutra\u2014yoga is now\u2014is what\u00a0changed my life\u00a0and is what I see transform my students lives too. But it is difficult to be here now, clearly and wisely, to shed attachment to perpetually harmful patterns of behavior and thought, and to become kinder and more at ease with yourself and the world.<\/p>\n<p>To live by this philosophy, we need to find a tool and then to use that tool\u2014over and over and over. That repeated use, or practice, will lead to progress. The tool most of us begin with and continue with is asana.<\/p>\n<p>The Sutra really only mentions asana to say that what qualifies as asana is a balance of effort and ease, or steadiness and release, a pairing of opposites. That\u2019s it.\u00a0Patanjali doesn\u2019t say anything about\u00a0Warrior II, orTriangle, or\u00a0Handstand, or how those poses are to be aligned. If that\u2019s the case, then how does this asana thing we all teach and practice qualify as yoga?<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/media.yogajournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/245_hp_06.jpg\" alt=\"Alexandria Crow Ab Core Work\" \/><\/figure>\n<h4>The Yoga Sutra That Informs Asana Instruction<\/h4>\n<p>Sutra 2.1 has informed how and why I teach the way I do from day one:<br \/>\n<em>Tapah Svadyaya Isvarapranadhnani Kriya Yoga.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I translate that sutra as something like:<br \/>\nChoose to do difficult work\u2014often the opposite of your initial impulse\u2014that you know will get you to a better place; pay attention to whether the work is beneficial or if it\u2019s injurious and make wise choices toward the former; surrender to the process, knowing that the work leads to a life of less suffering and more ease.<\/p>\n<p>My teacher taught me that these principles can not only inform the teaching of asana but also make it acomplete yoga practice\u00a0without needing to add esoteric things that I wasn\u2019t ready to discuss in a clear and simple way yet\u2026&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To keep reading visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/yoga-101\/philosophy\/yoga-sutras\/patanjali-never-said-anything-alignment\/\" target=\"_blank\">YogaJournal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patanjali Never Said Anything About Alignment Originally published on YogaJournal Anyone who knows me knows I teach alignment\u2014a lot of it.\u00a0 Actually \u201ca lot\u201d doesn\u2019t begin to cover it. 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