When you went through yoga teacher training you were likely taught a variety of verbal cues for each posture to help guide your students into sound alignment. While most of the cues you learned are probably fine, there are some that are circulating in yoga land that may lead to injury down the road if practiced regularly.
In this free 10-day e-course, we'll shoot you a daily email that explores a potentially problematic cue, explore why it may not be skillful from a biomechanical perspective, and offer alternative cues that you can use instead. The cues we'll cover include:
In this free 10-day e-course, we'll shoot you a daily email that explores a potentially problematic cue, explore why it may not be skillful from a biomechanical perspective, and offer alternative cues that you can use instead. The cues we'll cover include:
- "square the hips to the side" (in Warrior 2 and Triangle)
- "ground the outer edge of the back foot" (in Warrior 1)
- "keep the pelvis level" (in Revolved Triangle)
- "align your knees-don't let one sneak past the other" (in Revolved Chair)
- "draw the top hip back" (in Triangle)
- "plug the arms into the sockets" (in any pose)
- "draw the shoulder blades down the back" (in Upward Arms and Warrior 1)
- "wrap the outer arms back" (in Downward Facing Dog)
- "stand with the feet parallel" (in Tadasana)
- "lift the sitting bones" (in Downward Facing Dog)
