Yoga bricks, (often called blocks by Americans), are another important tool in the Iyengar Yoga practice repertoire. Most of the bricks used at Iyengar Yoga Center of North County in Encinitas are made of wood. This sturdy Earth-element provides solid support to help students enhance and experience the benefits of yoga poses.
Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar pioneered the use of many props we take for granted today, bricks among them. The original yoga bricks were made of terra cotta and were the common building-construction type brick. Carolyn remembers practicing with Mr. Iyengar years ago in Rishikesh, India, and using terra cotta bricks. A deep experience to study there with him at the foothills of the Himalayas, in a place considered sacred by so many yogis.
Used to “raise the floor” when the floor or ankle can not be reached in Triangle Pose, Utthita Trikonasana, a wooden brick gives one feedback all the way up to the top arm. One can then take the shoulder blades into the back and open the chest, as well as open the rest of the trunk. More images and text about using bricks during practice…
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