One of the reasons I moved to Arizona from the east coast is to practice with Jim at Yoga Nirvana in Tempe. I have been to several yoga studios and Jim is the only teacher that explains and gets my body into correct alignment. He is very knowledgeable and conveys that easily to his students . The wording of where to put a shoulder or hand or knee is critical in yoga and if done wrong could hurt more than help and a teacher with this skill is a asset to yogi's :