Better Than Fine - Alignment

This episode is on the foundational ideas of aligned action, how to cultivate it, and what the terms mean. What is alignment in yourself.

The talk at Penn I mentioned: https://vimeo.com/393754406

Two models to explore:

• Spiritual alignment - what do we mean when we talk about alignment in the context of alignment yoga

• Psychological ideas of alignment - how can we use current research to operationalize alignment?

Where I see the overlaps and intersections of the two.

“woo woo” practices – my term for spiritual practice unaligned with a religious discipline

•  Physical alignment

  • Alignment yoga built on the aligned body being a path to enlightenment

  • Luna Alignment Yoga 200 hour Teacher Training : https://www.lunaalignmentyoga.com/

• Energetic Alignment

  • Aligned action feels true to you

  • Purpose serving action

  • Belief related to existence and purpose

  • “earth school”

• Psychological Alignment – there are western labels related to eastern traditions

  • Ryan & Deci Self-Determination Theory: https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/

    • Relatedness, Competence, Autonomy

  • Intrinsic vs Extrinsic action

• Building alignment

  • What to do when you feel lost in your alignment

  •   How to cultivate mindfulness regarding alignment

  • Questions and prompts to examine if your action is aligned

  • Find how your alignment relates to others

  • Alignment awareness