cue the action, not just the shape

If you’ve ever told your students to “square your hips” — this one’s for you.

“Square your hips.”
“Press evenly through both heels.”

When we cue the action, students begin to feel from the inside out — rather than forcing their bodies to fit an external shape.

This is the heart of awareness over alignment.

Because true alignment isn’t about angles — it’s about relationship:
how the body connects, how energy moves, and how awareness deepens through sensation.

When students embody that awareness, they learn to trust their own experience — and that’s where transformation happens.

xx, Shana