Your Cues Are Confusing, And You Don't Even Know It

I have this gnawing feeling the most important awakening of our time is to understand what it means to inhabit a body—to connect to it through movement in a joyful and loving way.

The other day I was taking a class with one of the only well-known app instructors I admire. But then she said "find your alignment," and I thought to myself, "what does that even mean?"

Here's what's funny: the more I teach, the more I realize the strongest teaching skill is leaving no room for confusion. If her saying "find your alignment" confuses even me—someone who knows what alignment means—imagine how it lands for everyone else.

There is language that drops you into your body, and language that disembodies. Language that connects, and language that unknowingly creates a wedge.

I think about this constantly. I've had the tremendous blessing of studying with some of the most embodied teachers—people who taught me what it means to be in body, to be embodied, and the skills to get there. And in the process, how to get others there too. I actually believe that the quality of teaching comes from this: How clearly, quickly, and accurately can you get people into their bodies and keep them there to have a direct experience of themselves?

I'm talking to all the movement teachers out there. It's not enough to have amazing sequences—at least not as I see it—to build long-lasting results and connections with your clients. Sure, those might get people through the door, but they won't stay long. They'll be onto the next fad, the next quick fix, the next hot concept.

I always say: words like Pilates and HIIT get people through the door, but what makes them stay is a learned embodiment they can only access through clarity—clarity of how alignment happens and what that means in their own individual body.

We are so disembodied. Everything is constantly taking us out of our experience. We're so disconnected from nature, and that's simply a reflection of our disconnect from our own nature. It's all a reflection.

The only remedy is to connect. Movement is the medicine for disconnect—but it can be taught with the same unconsciousness we're already living in, or it can be taught with the intention to foster a deeper, more refined, and loving connection with ourselves.

As teachers, we offer that opportunity through our words, our touch, our music, our language, our energy, and the intentionality behind what we do.

So the only question is: Why do you do what you do? Are you seeking to teach with clarity, or are you continuing the same disconnected culture that keeps us divided and unconscious?

This is why I created the Haia Teacher Mentorship Program. It's not another certification to add to your resume. It's a two-month intensive where we strip away the noise and get to what actually matters: learning how to see bodies, understand personal alignment, and teach with the kind of clarity that creates lasting transformation. If you're a certified movement professional who feels this same call—to teach with more presence, more precision, more truth—I'd love to work with you. Learn more here.