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WHO BENEFITS FROM PROPS?

Don’t believe anyone who says using yoga props on the mat is cheating. One of my yoga teachers taught that asana practice is more about subtraction than addition (thank you, Richard C. Miller), and using yoga props can help every sincere student drop into that understanding.

It’s perfectly fine to practice without the support of yoga props. It’s just that in all the years I have shared yoga with different people at different levels of practice, I have yet to find one person who didn’t benefit from using a yoga prop in one or more yoga poses. For everyone from the most flexible and strong practitioner to the least, a strategically placed yoga prop can elevate the physical and spiritual trajectory of the yoga practice.

In case you’re not sure how this is so, I’ve highlighted how prop support can benefit yoga practitioners. Perhaps you’ll recognize yourself in one of the groups below.

Yoga Newbies

If you are new to yoga, this book will help ease your way into the restorative journey. It will prepare you for practicing in a full-service yoga studio where use of yoga props is commonplace. Beginning students have much to learn. Prop support encourages students to investigate and organize themselves mindfully rather than following hard-and-fast rules of destination and time. This kind of learning fosters patience, acceptance, and self-reflection. These are the cornerstones of a mindful practice and one that has room to grow for a lifetime.