77: Letting Go of Alignment (And What To Teach Instead) with Derek Cook

I think many of us would agree that a strict, dogmatic focus on alignment in asana doesn’t really serve our students, but the question you may be asking next is... what do I teach then? If I’m not telling students the right or wrong way to move their body, what am I teaching them? How do I communicate information about movement without taking away my students' agency? My friend Derek Cook is here to take us on a deep dive into anatomy, biomechanics, and pedagogy as we attempt to answer some of these questions! In this episode you’ll hear: overarching themes we see in lineages that have an emphasis on alignment how bodies grow and change, the role trauma plays, and why that matters to yoga teachers what changes when we look at how a body is ORGANIZED as opposed to how it is aligned a breakdown of many of the most commonly used aesthetic cues and when they make sense to use and when they don’t how Derek decides what to teach!  Learn More From Derek: At his online class library, The Single Point Yoga On Instagram here and here