Props Yoga Workshop with Joe Klein

B. K. S. Iyengar introduced props into the modern practice of yoga to allow all practitioners access to the benefits of the postures regardless of physical condition, age, or length of study. The central purpose for using yoga props is to address a need for support.

“The suspension of thought is part of the point of postural alignment. The importance of alignment owes to the fact that we way we hold our bodies has an immediate impact on our minds. This is something that we can experience quite viscerally. If we hold ourselves with poor alignment, slumping and slogging our way through the forms, we will most likely emerge feeling more enclosed and contracted. And if, on the other hand, we practice with poise, balancing the internal rhythms of the breath, and moving through the forms with precision and grace, we can emerge in a more vibrant and receptive state of mind.” -Ty Landrum