« … Yoga should be about solving tension in your body. Through exercises students can neutralize the gradual build up of structural stress in their bodies which is the result of (unconscious) ambitions and motivations; they should not increase this stress. Yoga confronts us with tension in our body, thus giving us the possibility to evaluate our behaviour and to correct it in moments where we become aware of such resistance. Yoga teachers should be able to recognise these moments to offer another consciousness based on positive directions, but unfortunately this rarely happens, if at all.

I have tried to break through this status quo, where the development of yoga is only reserved for a few ‘guru’s’, by writing my book Critical Alignment Yoga. In this book I present a new method, based on my own experience, research and modern (scientific) insights from medicine and psychology. A method based on logic, not on tradition. My book describes precisely how you can cross your boundaries (because if you don’t, nothing happens), but in a way that doesn’t lead to injuries. Headstand, shoulderstand and the plough are perfectly safe exercises, as long as you know where your boundaries are!»

Gert van Leeuwen

Author Critical Alignment Yoga