28/05/2026
The hidden trap 🫠
Episode 29: Yoga unpacked with
We often think that moving away from props is a linear marker of progress. In reality though, rejecting tools in practice like I did for YEARS is just a symptom of ahaṃkāra, the ego!!!
I had to confront my own ego regarding blocks, and what we rarely talk about is how sometimes props make your practice harder, sometimes they make it easier.
They stop you from dumping weight into your joints, they help you with true muscular engagement and alignment. They take a pose out of the ego’s desire to look a certain way and place it back into the body’s actual anatomical reality. They also allow you to be kinder to yourself when you need more space or to bring the ground closer to you.
If you are teaching, introducing props strategically can completely change how your students experience a shape. My fave poses to cue blocks in are:
1. Mālāsana (yogi squat)
2. Ardha candrāsana (half moon pose)
3. Matsyāsana (fish pose)
Have the awareness to give your body exactly what it needs to practice sustainably.
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