25/10/2026
First, let’s get the pun out of the way. May the four forces be with you 🫥🫣😤
Now to the science. The four forces are gravity, muscle, breath and the nervous system, and every pose you’ve ever done is run by them.
1. Gravity is the load, the demand on the body. A change in foot position in standing poses changes your relationship with gravity, making the pose easier or harder 🦶
2. Muscle. If you use your muscles to control what you’re doing, you build more durability in your body 💪🏾
3. “The breath” 🤦🏾, or simply breathing, as I call it. Being conscious that you are breathing at all is the first step, and it’s everything. Then, as you understand your body, you realise you don’t breathe at all. Breathing just happens 🤯😤
4. The brain and nervous system 🧠. How much of what we do is directed and controlled by the unconscious part of the brain that knows better?
One pose, four dials, and every modification you’ll ever need is just one of them being turned 🫵🏽
And hidden away is number 5, the philosophy. The unheralded gem 💎
If you’re curious how this all applies in class, as a student or a teacher, our Advanced Teacher Training link is in the bio.
