How to use Yoga Band ?
2023-04-11
Like yoga bricks, yoga belts can also help yoga practitioners, whether for novices or professional yoga practitioners.
The use of yoga belts in sitting postures
For sitting postures, such as the stretching shown in the picture, you can wrap the yoga belt around your feet, straighten your arms, and grab the yoga belt anywhere.
At this time, the pelvis will naturally tilt forward. We want to put our body at a right angle and try to stretch the hamstrings. We don't usually sit like this, so our shoulders may rise involuntarily.
Be careful not to shrug your shoulders, relax and let your shoulders sink naturally. Keep your spine straight and do not bend. Keep your shoulders back, raise your chest as much as possible, and expand outward.
The picture above demonstrates the cobbler style. It can effectively tighten buttocks. As shown in the picture, you can use yoga belts to support the hips and lower back. First, wrap one end of the yoga belt into it, buckle it tightly, and make a ring belt. Then wrap one end tightly around the tailbone and the other end to the outside of the foot, just like the picture. This can help keep the spine straight and tilt the pelvis forward.
The use of yoga belts in binding asanas
With the deepening of the practice, the yoga belt can be used in binding asanas. In the second picture, it is a complete binding pose. If our hands cannot touch it, we can use yoga straps to increase the length for assistance. Every time we practice, we can use yoga belts to assist. Slowly, the flexibility of our hips will increase and our chest will open, and then we can hold it with both hands.
The use of yoga belts in balanced asanas
For balance poses, when the balance ability is not enough, the yoga belt is equivalent to let our arms grow and be able to hold the toes. As shown in the picture, wrap your feet with a yoga strap, hold your hands as close to your feet as possible, keep your body straight, and your arms straight. Stretch your legs and adjust your breathing.
Use yoga bands to help exercise your shoulders
The cow face pose has a strong stretching effect on the shoulders and chest cavity. The one on the right is a complete cow face pose. If you can't grasp it, you can use a yoga strap to assist it like the picture on the left.
Note, try to keep the spine straight and the rib cage ascends.
The use of yoga belts in hand balance asanas
In Downward Dog, Wheel and Crane (above), the distance between the arms is very important. If the arm is turned outside, we can use a yoga belt to adjust it. Buckle into a loop, then wrap it around the arm, keeping the arm shoulder-width apart.
