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The first time I trained to teach yoga there was an ongoing “DIFFERENCE OF OPINION” between the two course leaders.
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They each followed different philosophies of yoga and insisted on different ways of aligning yoga, which was deeply confusing as a student.
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There was a lot of talk of CORRECT ALIGNMENT. But what that actually meant depended on who you talked to…
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I called it ALIGNMENT SCHIZOPHRENIA, when one yoga teacher would insist I do the opposite of what I’d been told in the previous class.
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Eventually, I realised there are many paths up the mountain.
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These days I’m less interested in alignment and more interested in co-creating yoga practices that don’t cause short term or long-term injury.
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Ultimately: you do the yoga your way, the way that works best for your body.
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