physical alignment Quotes

My body needs to be aligned when I am sleeping so for that I sometimes sleep on the floor.

I found the secret of life to be body placement.

If someone teaches you alignment and - I'm not a tai chi expert by any stretch - so interviewing me about tai chi is kind of the cart before the horse - but just from my point of view as a student, it's simply that Master Ren can show you the relationship of power, stance and form.

All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is upon it. The real and essential meaning of "virtue" is that straightness of back.

I was 19 when I discovered Pilates, and I'm still doing it. It's the workout my body really responds to. It's all about alignment, elongating your spine, and strengthening your core. It makes me feel my strongest.

Most of us tend toward muscular imbalance. Typically our chest and front shoulder muscles are stronger than our upper back and rear shoulder muscles. As a result, our chins jut out, our shoulders round, and our backs sway.

You have to be able to focus, to control your energy. You need to make it your ally, instead of trying to harness it, to muscle it. That wastes energy too. There has to be a harmony between you and your body. Your mind and your body, and your soul have to connect in order to move forward. And this comes through relaxation.

Intelligence comes into being when the mind, the heart and the body are really harmonious.

Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.

Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned.

Mountain pose is the mother of all poses. The alignment of mountain pose is contained within every yoga posture.