Struggle With Pyramid Pose? You Need to Try This.
Struggle With Pyramid Pose? You Need to Try This.
There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about normalizing the use of props in yoga. Even better, there’s been a lot of actual normalizing of props in yoga, which means more of us can experience the revelatory difference props can make in supporting, aligning, even challenging the body in a pose, including common ones such as Pyramid Pose.
However, a certain measure of prop know-how is required for usage to take place, preferably beyond taking a block beneath your hand. The Complete Guide to Yoga Props fills in that gap. Written by Jenny Clise, yoga therapist and Yoga Journal’s social media manager, the book presents simple as well as innovative ways to enlist all manner of props in all manner of poses, whether arm balances or standing poses, backbends or restorative. Once you experience her suggestions, you may wonder how you made it this long without relying on the wall, a chair, a strap, or blocks so you feel more stable, more aligned, or more intense iteration of the pose.
Following are her suggestions for a pose that many students insist on suffering through without assistance, commonly known as Pyramid Pose or Parsvottanasana. —YJ Editors