Most yoga alignment books and courses teach the “aim”, the ultimate physical appearance of the yoga pose. And that’s fine, it’s needed! We need to have a point of reference of what a yoga asana looks like, so we can move our body -and mind!- in that direction.

However, when that ultimate physical form becomes the only goal of the practice, we can become frustrated, feel inadequate, and even injure ourselves.

By now, I hope, we know that yoga postures are only one of the many ways we can use to have a healthy and functional body that helps carry on through our spiritual journey.