Yoga Props & Household Items

Transcript

hi I'll do this video about yoga props so during this video I'm going to talk you through the different types of yoga props that you can use for our different classes now usually when I teach a class I'll let you know the start of the class whether you may want to use a prop during that class and I know that in some cases not everyone has the particular yoga prop so I'm going to go for a couple of household things that you can use instead of the prop that's mentioned at the start of class and this will be able to both not just the classes that I teach but any yoga class that you attend online so we'll start with the one of the most common commonly use props and that is yoga brick so usually have star brick kind of shape and we also have a yoga block which is a slightly skinnier version of a yoga brick so these are seen use for our different yoga practices and can use for multiple things now if you don't have a breaker block what makes a really great substitute in whispers cases is a book or a couple of books what's great with using books is you can easily use as many books as you like to adjust the height which is a real benefit to use in a book so next we have a yoga strap also sometimes called yoga belt and instead of a yoga strap we'll use about you can literally use a belt that you would use on your trousers or pants it's just to take a wrap like this and that also works really well as a yoga strap so that's another option now a few other things that you might like to have journey over class usually a towel or a blanket and I have here it's great for padding for the wrist padding for the knees also it's great if you're doing a restorative class or a union class you might like it for the end actually you might like at the end of any yoga class if they are including quite a long relaxation or savasana pose so it's always had me to have a towel or a blanket to hand a few other things that you might come across in here the class is like the one I have here and you can get different types of bolsters different shapes I like this one now what if you don't have a bolster and most people wouldn't have a boxer lying around what is a great alternative is just a cushion or pillow off your bed it's a very similar shape that you can see here and in most cases you can just squish it down maybe use one too and it's practically the same thing the very last prop that I was going to mention an eye pillow so if you are doing a relaxation or a yoga nidra or restorative class at the end of the class you may like to have a an eye pillow now I made this one they're quite easy to make otherwise what works also very well is just to use a blanket and just lay it across your eyes or even a so that now I've covered most of the really common yoga props that you you may come across during yoga class depending on what type of yoga class you're doing and the final yoga prop that I haven't covered in the yoga mat now that's the one prop that I would definitely suggest if you're practicing a little yoga it's worth investing into yoga mats they provide quite a bit grip for the hands and for the feet and a little bit of support if you're on a hard surface like me so I definitely recommend them some teachers also look you certain yoga poses with the mat in minds that they might say things like bring your feet to the edge of the mat so it's also quite useful to have them up for that reason just it gives you some awareness of where your body parts are going and you moving in and out of poses if you don't have a yoga mat though you can always use a towel that's it might slip around a bit more but they are similar shapes so that's also an alternative that you could use otherwise I mean you don't necessarily need a yoga mat it's just one of those nice extra things to have if if you are going to invest into any of the yoga props that are out there so that is the end of this video on yoga props and I hope you found it useful and I hope that you'll be able to find yourself a yoga prop tool in it in the next year class that you