When I first started yoga, I thought strength would simply come with time. More classes, more flows, more vinyasas. Surely that would make my body stronger.

But it didn’t.

Instead, I kept collapsing in Chaturanga, shaking in plank, and wobbling through every balance. I was practicing consistently, yet nothing felt easier. I kept wondering why everyone else seemed to move with so much control while I felt like I was just surviving every flow.

After one particularly exhausting class, I watched someone break down Chaturanga slowly, step by step. In that moment I realised something important. No one had ever actually taught me how to build the strength or alignment behind the pose. I wasn’t lacking effort. I was lacking foundations.

So I slowed everything down.

I stopped rushing and started paying attention to the tiny micro movements that actually create strength: where my elbows tracked, how my core engaged, how my shoulders supported my body. And almost immediately, everything changed.

My Chaturanga stopped collapsing, my balances steadied, and my transitions finally felt controlled instead of chaotic.

And here’s the surprising part.
Once I fixed my foundations, my whole practice transformed.
Standing poses felt stronger. Vinyasas felt smoother. Movements that used to feel impossible suddenly felt achievable.

Over the last seven years, I’ve taught this same approach to thousands of students.

The results are always the same: shaky poses turn solid, strength finally starts to build, and their practice becomes something they feel proud of instead of frustrated by.