Ep 134: How A Student's Neutral Alignment Should Affect The Cues You Use

Most of us inherited our cueing vocabulary from the teachers who trained us, and many of those cues have been repeated with so much confidence and so often that they feel like they're factually and anatomically correct. But when you actually examine the anatomy underneath the cues, a different picture begins to emerge. Neutral alignment is different in every student and is not a single position that every body can, or should, achieve. It is individual, shaped by each student's unique skeletal structure, movement history, and tissue patterns. This episode breaks down three of the most commonly used alignment cues in yoga classes, what the anatomy actually tells us about them, and what to cue instead.Where Yoga Cues Come FromWhy "Tuck Your Tailbone" Doesn't Work for Every Student's PelvisWhy "Square Your Hips" Depends on Hip Socket Anatomy & What It Actually AllowsWhy Asking Students to Create A "Flat Spine" Is Not Anatomically CorrectWhat to Say InsteadGo DeeperBook a Strategy CallMonica facilitates anatomy trainings for yoga teachers and mentors teachers who want to build a practice grounded in real anatomical understanding. Book a strategy call to talk about what deeper anatomy education could look like for you.Click HERE to send me a text & let me know your thoughts on this episode! Support the showYouTube: Yoga with Monica BrightFreebie: Yoga Sequencing for Different InjuriesLet's connect:Check out my website: Enhanced BodyConnect with me on InstagramWanna work together? Book a Discovery CallPractice yoga in my online studio The Alliance (7-day free trial)Join my Newsletter for teachers below! Want me to discuss a topic? Click HERE to submit it!Become a supporter of the Essential Conversations for Yoga Teachers Podcast! Starting at $3/ month.