You might have heard your mom saying “sit straight” when you were a kid and slouching in your chair. You probably might not have taken that advice seriously enough! But today we know that her advice is very important when it comes to our physical and emotional health. Body alignment refers to how different parts of the body line up with each other in its correct positions.

Alignment is a very important aspect in the practice of yoga. Your posture may look great, but the alignment of your body may be wrong. This can do more harm than good. You may injure your body in the long run and experience severe limitations in your functionality. Your internal organs may not function to its fullest potential. You may also experience early fatigue and even emotional weakness.

With right alignment, you optimize the use of muscles and joints involved in every posture and movement. They work as a team without giving undue pressure to any area of the body. This helps you to achieve greater relaxation and ease of movements. This in turn would help you to enhance your productivity by making it possible for you to work longer hours without getting exhausted.

Improved posture and movement can influence a person’s emotional well being too. Is that true? Yeah! Because postural patterns are related to emotional patterns. Hence, right alignment in each yoga posture corrects the negative postural patterns that you may be even unaware of. This correction helps you to relieve built up tensions and thus enjoy your life better.

To learn the right alignment in each posture, you may give us a call and take an appointment with the body alignment experts at Kriis Yoga.