Which comes first, the posture or the alignment? Why does alignment even matter? In yoga, alignment is when the body is set up a specific way so there is no harm to it. It is different for everybody, and is a way to deepen your focus, your practice and your concentration. Alignment in a yoga posture is just basic mapping of the body, a general scheme of where the body should be. Each body is unique in structure, so each yoga posture will be different for each person. Yoga

Change is in the air. Leaves are changing, homes are rearranging in fall decor and the squirrels are scrounging for acorns, always searching for more. It is also the time for us to change our routine, and our yoga practice. Now that the weather is cool and crisp our body is yearning for those warming binds and twists. Changing our practice with the seasons is one way of allowing us to celebrate impermanence and not cling to certain habits or movements. Summertime is hot,