What does ‘being aligned’ mean? and why is it so important to focus on alignment when you are on your mat? My answer is always that alignment comes from being yourself and focusing on who you are when you step on the mat. That’s the starting point from which you’ll let me guide you.
I have been teaching, breathing, and feeling yoga for the past 5 years, but like all of us, I have been practising yoga since I was born because yoga is part of everyday and everyone’s life.
I am the 3rd brother of 4, and while everybody thinks that Italians are very united as families, I have felt left out most of the time. I created an imaginary world, where life looked perfect from the outside but I was hurting inside. I developed a food disorder for many years, I was feeling lonely even when I had so many friends around me, but there was so much emptiness inside me.
I discovered yoga for the first time when I moved to London, and knew yoga was my new home, my new family, a new beginning.
Yoga really made me who I am today, and I believe that by sharing our stories we keep finding new members of the family, united on the mat. You are not alone, enjoy the message of yoga, and feel Aligned when you practice with me.
The main fact is you’ll get into the poses, inversions, and arm balances, in the safest way, and you’ll get the tools to feel confident, ready, and mostly curious to try them. It took me 4 years to hold a Pincha Mayurasana/Forearm Balance pose for one minute. I can guarantee you, no one even noticed it, just my teacher, and as your teacher, I will always be there to encourage and praise you, no matter what.
