{"id":688,"date":"2015-08-11T19:42:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T02:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/?p=688"},"modified":"2017-07-06T07:02:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T14:02:59","slug":"yj40-5-over-the-hill-alignment-cues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/2015\/08\/yj40-5-over-the-hill-alignment-cues\/","title":{"rendered":"#YJ40: 5 Over-the-Hill Alignment Cues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-689\" src=\"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/042815AlexandriaCrowPinchaMayurasana.jpg\" alt=\"042815AlexandriaCrowPinchaMayurasana\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/042815AlexandriaCrowPinchaMayurasana.jpg 800w, https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/042815AlexandriaCrowPinchaMayurasana-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><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=\"177\" height=\"52\" 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: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Reflecting on 40 years, we asked Alexandria Crow which alignment cues have passed their prime. She makes a strong case for retiring these five.<\/h4>\n<p>My teacher taught me one thing that I will always be grateful for above all else: He demanded that I have a reason for everything I say and do when teaching yoga\u2014and the reason couldn\u2019t be \u201cbecause you said so.\u201d Over the years this guideline forced me not only to dive deeply into the why behind every alignment cue, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/category\/yoga-sequences\/\" target=\"_blank\">sequence<\/a>, and decision but also to evolve, adapt, and grow as a teacher.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Alignment Cues Must Evolve<\/h3>\n<p>As the yoga population at large expands and students\u2019 practices mature, I\u2019ve discovered that alignment cues once devised for the many<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/category\/beginners\/\" target=\"_blank\">beginning yogis<\/a> unused to the shapes of the postures are oftentimes still used by\u00a0more experienced practitioners and taken far past their original intent\u2014even\u00a0leading to injuries they were originally meant to prevent. At the end of the day, there is no one-size-fits-all instruction or cue. Blindly trusting and regurgitating something learned in a teacher training, workshop, or class without really understanding the reasons behind it results in something similar to a game of telephone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/slideshow\/alignment-cues-decoded-wrists-creases-parallel-front-edge-mat\/\">Alignment Cues Decoded: \u201cWrist Creases Parallel\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Revolutionize Your Teaching<\/h3>\n<p>Asana instruction ought to be given based on what\u2019s happening in the moment in the students in the room, and it needs to not only be given based on anatomical principles but also on biomechanics and the principles of kinesiology, all of which take time to study and learn. It\u2019s a tall request, but for me that challenge keeps me very interested in how asana functions in the population at large. I\u2019ll be honest: Without an underlying interest in the body, there would be only so many times I could say \u201cstep your right foot forward, Warrior I.\u201d \u00a0I find the challenge invigorating. So with that said, here\u2019s my list of five cues that need to be retired\u2014or at least explored and adapted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/slideshow\/alignment-cues-decoded-relax-glutes\/\">Alignment Cues Decoded: \u201cRelax Your Glutes\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>5 Outdated\u00a0Yoga Asana\u00a0Instructions<\/h2>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-690\" src=\"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/feat_02.jpg\" alt=\"feat_02\" width=\"425\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/feat_02.jpg 425w, https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/feat_02-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>1. \u201cRelax your trapezius\u201d (aka \u201cpull your shoulder blades down your back\u201d) when your arms are overhead<\/h4>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>This cue was meant for students who lift their arms overhead with them rotated in a way that causes their trapezius to elevate the shoulder blade instead of just upwardly rotating it. \u201cRelaxing the trapezius\u201d is actually impossible here since that muscle must engage to upwardly rotate the shoulder blade as the move arms overhead. Fully understanding how the arm, shoulder, and shoulder blade dance together is vital to teaching the actions of this joint well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-691\" src=\"http:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/230_hp_07_fnl.jpg\" alt=\"230_hp_07_fnl\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/230_hp_07_fnl.jpg 800w, https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/230_hp_07_fnl-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>2. Do anything with the \u201ctips of the shoulder blades.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>This one makes the list, because many teacher ask students to &#8220;move the tips of the shoulder blades toward the front body&#8221; to encourage extension of the thoracic spine in everything from <a title=\"Upward Salute\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/pose\/upward-salute\/\">Upward Salute<\/a>\u00a0to <a title=\"Upward-Facing Dog Pose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/pose\/upward-facing-dog\/\">Upward-Facing Dog Pose<\/a>\u00a0to <a title=\"Camel Pose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/pose\/camel-pose\/\">Camel Pose<\/a>. The problem? Most people don\u2019t know where the tips of their shoulder blades are\u2014even when they\u2019re just standing in <a title=\"Mountain Pose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/pose\/mountain-pose\/\">Tadasana<\/a>. As the arm moves the shoulder blade moves as well, moving the tip of the shoulder blade to a number of different positions throughout a practice, which most students don\u2019t realize. Giving instructions on what to do with the shoulder, arm, and spine are usually clearer ways to explain to students what\u2019s being asked of them.<\/p>\n<p>To keep reading visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogajournal.com\/slideshow\/5-outdated-yoga-pose-instructions\/#slide-2\" target=\"_blank\">YogaJournal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflecting on 40 years, we asked Alexandria Crow which alignment cues have passed their prime. She makes a strong case for retiring these five. My teacher taught me one thing that I will always be grateful for above all else: He demanded that I have a reason for everything I say and do when teaching &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>#YJ40: 5 Over-the-Hill Alignment Cues | Yoga Physics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/2015\/08\/yj40-5-over-the-hill-alignment-cues\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"#YJ40: 5 Over-the-Hill Alignment Cues | Yoga Physics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reflecting on 40 years, we asked Alexandria Crow which alignment cues have passed their prime. 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She makes a strong case for retiring these five. My teacher taught me one thing that I will always be grateful for above all else: He demanded that I have a reason for everything I say and do when teaching&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaphysics.com\/yp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}