Swasthya Yoga
That's very interesting although I find the concept of props on a yoga practice unappealing.

"It is extremely beneficial in helping you deepen your pose, learn how to do it correctly"

You mean you actually have to do a pose correctly right from the start even if it take props ? Or you can do it "wrong" and still benefit from it ?

In Swásthya the rules are simple:

1) Respect the body
2) Permanence and conscience - using breathing (exhale phase) to progress a bit further on the pose

This means that at the beginning people will start a pose awkwardly but as long the general posture/alignment is maintained it is alright, and then as you make your progress class after class you will notice the correct posture is more and more available to you.

After a year of yoga doing it halfway wrong I suddenly realized that "wow, hey, I can DO IT" on a particular pose, not to mention the other general benefits.

Of course, depending on the posture and person you have varied levels of "correctness" but all will get there with time.

This reasoning makes sense to me; its a typical case of theory vs. practice, knowing about it vs. knowing - you know the end result of something but if go ahead and force your way into the finish line you might miss the finer detail because you never got around the middle experience.

In this case using ropes seems unnatural, probably props help you "get there faster" but I don't necessary agree that's the purpose of Yoga - its seems dogmatic to demand from a person that level of excellence.

It probably can take more time but you do feel some kind of epiphany when your knee is naturally touching a part of your body that it would not some time ago. :]
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