Yoga Blocks for Chaturanga Support
Yoga Blocks for Your Chaturanga Shoulders Chaturanga Dandasana is a pose that elicits strong feelings—from happiness to anxiety and everything in between. Even though we often see the Chaturanga as a...
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Let Yoga Blocks Make These 3 Poses Even Better
Yoga blocks were invented by B.K.S. Iyengar decades ago. Iyengar is best known as the first widely known yoga teacher to emphasize alignment in asana practice. Yoga blocks were one of the tools he...
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Yoga Props vs. Your Ego
Some say there are two generations of yoga: one before the widespread use of yoga props, and and one after. Before props hit the mainstream, yoga was less about perfecting asana and instead focused...
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How to Choose the Best Yoga Blocks
The first time I used Yoga Blocks 30-some years ago I can’t say I loved the experience. The blocks were very heavy—solid pine—and had sharp edges that dug into my skin. They were also very slippery....
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Support Crescent Lunge with Yoga Blocks
Most of us spend an awful lot of time sitting. Desk jobs may seem easy on the body, but in reality, all that sitting can wreak havoc on our physical and cognitive health. Effects of too much sitting...
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Balancing Act: Warrior III with Yoga Blocks
Years ago, I remember a senior Iyengar teacher telling workshop participants that she’d abandoned teaching Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III Pose). “It’s just too hard for too many people,” she said....
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Simplified Supta Baddhakonasana for the Bendy
Supta Baddhakonasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose) is most often practiced as a Restorative pose. In the ultimate restorative version, we use all the good stuff—Yoga Blocks, a Standard Yoga Bolster and...
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Ardha Matsyendrasana (Seated Twist): Lengthen Your Spine
Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Lord of the Fishes) is one of yoga’s ancient poses. Named for the sage, Matsyendra, it is one of the relatively few yoga asanas in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. It is said to...
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SI Joint Relief in Revolved Belly Pose
Twists feel so good, but they’re tricky for people with sacroiliac (SI) issues. Given that SI joint issues are the most common yoga-related injuries, it’s important to understand how to keep your SI...
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Bolster Your Upward-Facing Dog Pose
Upward-Facing Dog Pose (Urdhva Mukha Svanasana) is one of the key elements in Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskara). It’s often paired with its littermate Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog Pose),...
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Strengthen Your Adductors in Bridge Pose
Do you knees splay out to the sides in Bridge Pose (Setu Bandha Sarvangasana)? This is something I’ve observed a lot, both in myself in the earlier years of practice, and in many yoga students. Is it...
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Simplified Supta Baddhakonasana for the Bendy
Supta Baddhakonasana (Reclining Bound Angle Pose) is most often practiced as a Restorative pose. In the ultimate restorative version, we use all the good stuff—Yoga Blocks, a Standard Yoga Bolster and...
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