Prop Lab
Yoga Props for Anatomy, Biomechanics & Creative Teaching
Who this is for
A self-paced online training for yoga teachers and curious practitioners who want to experience anatomy and movement, not just memorize it.
Benefits
What if props could do more than modify a pose? Most of us are introduced to props as tools for support. A block brings the floor closer. A strap extends your reach. A bolster makes a pose more accessible.But props can also be powerful teaching tools. They can create resistance, provide feedback, change sensation, and make an anatomical action easier to feel. They can help students experience what we’re teaching instead of relying on more verbal cues to explain it.
What to expect
Across more than 80 guided movement explorations, you’ll discover 100+ creative prop applications covering the body from the ground up: ANKLES • KNEES • HIPS • PELVIS • SPINE • FOREARMS • SHOULDERS • SCAPULAE
You’ll then bring these individual pieces together to explore how the body works as an integrated movement system. The goal isn’t to memorize 100 prop setups. It’s to develop a process you can use to understand movement, make purposeful choices, and create explorations of your own.
We'll move through the body from the ground up, exploring the major joint actions and movement patterns you encounter in yoga. Along the way, you'll explore:
Anatomy Simplified
Understand the joint action and key anatomy without getting lost in terminology
Hands-On Prop Explorations
Experience movement through guided explorations using blocks, yoga straps, walls, blankets, bolsters, resistance bands, and more
Yoga Pose Applications
Take what you discover in the explorations and apply it to familiar yoga poses
Teaching Applications
Learn how to turn an anatomical concept into something your students can actually experience
Whole-Body Integration
Explore how individual joint actions work together as part of a larger movement system
Reflection & Self-Study
Notice what changes in your body so you can teach from experience rather than assumption
More information
Through creative, hands-on explorations, you’ll use blocks, straps, blankets, walls, bolsters, resistance bands, and more to investigate anatomy, biomechanics, and movement. Moving through the body from the ground up, you’ll discover how props can help you and your students notice what is happening and understand why.
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