To increase comfort: which means longer stays in the postures.To provide support: when the bones feel supported, the muscles can release.To make certain positions available/accessible.There are several key benefits and reasons for using props in our asana practice: First we will look at why we would want to use a prop in our practice, then we will look at the various kinds of props available, and, finally, we will look at a video showing examples of using props in many popular Yin Yoga postures. Yinsters don’t care if a little extra help is needed to get sensation into the targeted area: if props can help – let’s use props!Īs we shall see, there are many creative and wonderful ways to use props to help achieve our intentions in yoga. The inner dialogues goes something like this, “I can do this pose! I don’t need no stinking prop!” But yinsters know something that yangsters haven’t quite grasped yet – the intention of their yoga practice is not to look any particular way it is not to get into a pose: the intention is to feel a particular way to use the pose to get into the body. Yangsters hate props – are you a yangster? The use of a prop is unconsciously equated to cheating.