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Exploring Alignment in Yoga with Steven Weiss
Please share what you do in 10-15 words: I explore and teach the relationship between structural alignment and healthy function of the body.
Why do you do what you do? I have been a long time yoga practitioner and doctor of chiropractic. Both fields overlap wonderfully in understanding the therapeutic value of alignment. Yoga has the potential to help many people through the principles and I am committed to bringing that awareness out to as many people as I can.
What are you currently fascinated by in your work? My interest is in developing and refining the principles of yoga alignment into a universal, easily applied system that can be used by every student in every style of practice.
How did you come to your path? Any aha moments or key teachers? As a chiropractor for over 30 years, I have directly seen and worked with on a daily basis, the powerful effect of alignment. Through my personal yoga practice of over 30 years, I have experienced yoga asana as one of the most effective ways to create alignment in the body. BKS Iyengar and those who have developed his work have been my key teachers.
What book(s) are you currently reading? "The Yoga Body" by Mark Singleton and "Twinkie, Deconstructed" by Steve Ettlinger.
Steven Weiss, MS, DC, E-RYT, C-IAYT is a holistic chiropractor and nutritionist, yoga therapist and yoga teacher for over forty years. Along with his understanding of anatomy and postural alignment, Steven has studied many traditions of yoga. He brings all their essential principles into an integrated, user-friendly approach to yoga asana alignment. As a certified yoga therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Dr. Weiss has explored in depth how asana practice can be a powerful method of injury rehabilitation and prevention. Dr. Weiss’ background and expertise in posture and body mechanics brings a unique, hands-on approach to his workshops.
Steven had been the resident chiropractor and nutritionist with the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY for 17 years. During that time and since, he has continued with them as Yoga faculty. Dr. Weiss teaches at Sivananda Yoga centers in various locations in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Dr. Steven Weiss is the author of the yoga text, Yoga Alignment Principles and Practice, now also released in Spanish. He has also authored The Injury-Free Yoga Practice and the Integrative Alignment Yoga Therapy Manual. All are comprehensive explorations into alignment and postural mechanics, anatomy and the prevention of yoga injuries.
Dr. Weiss practices yoga therapy privately in Sarasota, Florida.
Upcoming Courses
Yoga Vacation ProgramJuly 31 — August 3, 2025
Steven Weiss
Come explore the dynamics of anatomy and how to precisely apply alignment to common yoga postures. We will delve into the goals in specific postures as well an anatomically-based rationale for all postures and forms of movement.
