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Time for a new Yoga Teacher Talk (and if you’re ready to become a yoga teacher, consider applying to our Yoga Teacher Training Programs to study with us!) When I had Lyme disease, I suffered from terrible joint pain. The pain and inflammation in my knee joints was so bad, I could barely walk. It was so frustrating trying to practice yoga with such painful knees. I ended up implementing a two year gut healing protocol to help with my joints (and subsequently haven’t had any joint pain since), but I remember that joint pain vividly.
One of the things I wish I’d known during this time was how to prop for knee pain. I could always fold the mat or use a blanket to create extra padding under my knees, but it didn’t really help.
Step one - twist your yoga blanket into a figure eight.
Years later, I discovered something that did. First, unfold a yoga blanket, and fold it multiple times the long way. Then, twist it as if you’re trying to wring out water.
Put it into a figure eight position and rest your knees within the two nests you’ve created from the figure eight. It should really help support aching knees in poses like child’s pose, hero’s pose, tabletop, and beyond.
What other yoga prop tricks do you use?
