From Blocks to Bolsters: Yoga Props Deciphered

Sitting on a yoga bolster gives your back a much-needed break. When you're first starting out, a bolster can help prop you up when you're trying to go for deep spinal stretches. They're also an amazing tool to help enhance your breath. With the proper vertebrae alignment a bolster offers, you'll be able to take fuller and deeper yoga breaths. My favorite use of a bolster? Placing one under my back to prop my chest up and open up my heart. If you sit at a computer all day, trust me when I say your bod will thank you for this.

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