Most yogis do the poses — few truly understand them. When alignment becomes mechanical, awareness fades. But when you start to see the logic of how your body is positioned — where your hips point, how your weight is distributed, how your spine reacts — you start to feel what alignment actually is.

This training breaks down the essential categories of standing poses by how they relate to the mat — and how the direction of your hips defines the entire structure of your pose.

Part 1 — The Forward-Facing Family: Direction, Integrity & Space

Examples: Warrior I, Anjaneyasana, Pyramid Pose, High Lunge, Low Lunge

• Understanding square hips — what it really means (and what it doesn’t).
• Finding the balance between back-leg activation and front-leg grounding.
• How your pelvis dictates your spine — avoiding collapse or torque.
• Practicing micro-adjustments: noticing how tiny shifts awaken length and stability.
• Forward and backward bends within the same alignment base: how to maintain space and integrity in both.

Goal: students learn to build a pose from the ground up, sensing how directional awareness (hips facing front) informs everything above it.

Part 2 — The Open-Hip Family: Expansion, Rooting & Rotation

Examples: Warrior II, Reverse Warrior, Triangle, Extended Side Angle, Half Moon

• Understanding open hip alignment — rotation vs. collapse.
• The role of the back foot and outer hip in grounding and stability.
• How to lengthen and lift without “hanging” in joints.
• Feeling the spirals: how opposite rotations in the legs create strength and openness.
• Applying alignment awareness in transitions — moving between closed and open poses intelligently.

Goal: develop the ability to stabilize from the ground and open safely, understanding how direction creates expansion and how rotation supports space.

Part 3 (optional, 30 min) — Balancing & Integration: Stacking with Awareness

• Explore simple balance poses (Tree, Warrior III, Half Moon hold) to apply what’s learned.
• Understand alignment in motion — how stacking joints brings balance and lightness.
• Integrate the logic of both hip directions to find symmetry and core stability.

This training is held in English.