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