PART ONE - BODY
When we start yoga, we are often meticulous at making sure our poses are beautifully correct. We painstakingly place our body into the exact alignment of the photographs in the textbooks. But what happens if your body doesn’t quite fit the ‘ideal’ asana mould?
I’m Esther Marie, a yoga and mindfulness teacher who began her yoga journey six years ago, trying to get her body into these poses…but learnt very quickly that, in doing so, you can create more harm than good.
In this first article of a three-part series, I’ll share how I adapted my self-practice, and also my teaching approach, to make classes more accessible and functional and still preserve the foundational
