| Practicing Yoga on a regular basis boosts the energy | | | | - Pranayama bolsters |
| levels of an individual and by continued and regular | | | | Cylindrical Bolsters |
| practice the body increases its flexibility and balance | | | | Cylindrical Bolsters are firmly packed and are normally |
| and the muscles become toned and strengthened as | | | | heavier and larger than rectangular and Pranayama |
| well. | | | | bolsters. When placed under the neck, knees or ankles |
| At the start of Yoga, some people find it difficult to | | | | they provide support and relieve and tension that may |
| carry out certain postures due to a variety of reasons | | | | occur in these areas. Additionally, when placed under |
| such as lack of flexibility, difficulty in holding the posture, | | | | the knees they lengthen the lower part of the back, |
| etc. In these cases, using Yoga props is an excellent | | | | which enables deeper breathing. Cylindrical bolsters |
| option. Having said that, a person who is flexible may | | | | also provide additional comfort and support which |
| opt for Yoga props because of the additional support | | | | results in practitioners increasing their stretches. |
| and comfort, thereby making the entire experience of | | | | Rectangular Bolsters |
| Yoga more full and beneficial. One of the most popular | | | | Rectangular bolsters have a flat surface and this |
| and versatile Yoga props are Yoga Bolsters. | | | | provides stability to the user. They also provide great |
| Yoga Bolsters are types of cushions or pillows that | | | | relief for any pressure that may occur in the lower |
| are used in different kinds of Yoga schools such as | | | | back. In addition, the curved sides of the rectangular |
| Bikram Yoga, B.K.S Iyengar Yoga and Kripula Yoga. | | | | bolster offer comfort and support for spinal stretches |
| Yoga Bolsters are designed in such a manner that | | | | and restorative postures. |
| they provide support to and relieve tension in the neck, | | | | Breathing Bolsters |
| back, abdomen and legs while performing various kinds | | | | Also called the Pranayama bolster, the breathing |
| of postures. Due to the fact that Yoga Bolsters are | | | | bolster - as the name suggests - is used to aid the |
| firm, they provide cushioning to the back and lower | | | | breathing. Normally this kind of bolster is used when |
| body while practicing Yoga asanas (stances) in the | | | | carrying out Pranayamas as it lends support to the |
| supine position. Yoga Bolsters also stretch out the | | | | spine and allows for slower and deeper breathing. It is |
| body completely and align the spine. | | | | different from the rectangular bolster in that it is |
| There are 3 different varieties of Yoga Bolsters, which | | | | narrower. When placed on the spine it supports the |
| are | | | | lengthy muscles that run on its sides, thereby relaxing it |
| - Cylindrical bolsters | | | | completely and letting the chest expand fully. |
| - Rectangular bolsters | | | | |