In yoga, even the smallest tools can open the biggest transformations. Whether you’re finding your balance, deepening your stretch, or protecting your joints, the yoga block is necessary and your silent teacher.
With Olaben’s thoughtfully crafted yoga blocks, each pose becomes more accessible, more aligned, and more empowering, no matter your level.
Who Should Use Yoga Blocks?
If you think yoga blocks are just for beginners, think again.
Yoga blocks are tools for every level of practice, from newcomers to seasoned yogis.
- For beginners: Blocks help you enter each pose safely and correctly, reducing the risk of injury.
- For experienced practitioners: They add challenge, control, and strength to more advanced postures.
In other words, a yoga block isn’t just a support, it’s a gateway to growth, helping you explore your practice more deeply and mindfully.
The Benefits of Using Yoga Blocks
Yoga blocks offer more benefits than most people realize. Here are just a few of the ways they can transform your practice:
1. Support proper alignment
Blocks help you maintain correct posture and avoid unnecessary strain or misaligned weight distribution.
2. Prevent injury and provide support
According to the American Council on Exercise (ACE), using props like yoga blocks can reduce joint pressure, improve postural alignment, and help prevent injuries.
3. Deepen your stretches
With gentle support, you can safely open your hips, shoulders, and back while maintaining ease and relaxation.
4. Build strength and balance
Blocks aren’t just for support, they also help activate your core, legs, and arms, challenging your muscles to find stability and endurance.
5. Encourage relaxation and recovery
In restorative yoga, blocks become your anchor of rest, allowing your body to unwind fully and your nervous system to reset.
The Different Types of Yoga Blocks
There are two main types of yoga blocks:
Foam Block
- Lightweight and soft, ideal for restorative or yin yoga.
- Cushions your spine, hips, and head gently.
- Easy to carry and perfect for beginners.
Cork Block
- Firm, sturdy, and naturally grippy.
- Excellent for standing or balancing poses.
- Made from sustainable, eco-friendly materials that connect you to the earth.
Olaben Tip: Combine both types, foam for comfort, cork for stability, to create harmony between softness and strength in every flow.
How to Choose the Right Block Height
Yoga blocks typically have three height settings: low, medium, and high, each serving different flexibility levels and practice goals.
- If you need more support, start with the tallest height.
- As your flexibility and confidence grow, lower the height to deepen your stretch and challenge your balance.
Pro tip: If your breath feels strained, it’s a sign to adjust, your block should support you, not restrict you.
5 Poses to Try Yoga Blocks
1. Supported Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana)
A gentle heart-opening posture that releases lower back tension and soothes fatigue after a long day. The block supports your spine, allowing your chest to rise with ease and your breath to flow freely.
How to practice:
- Lie on your back with knees bent, feet hip-width apart.
- Press through your feet to lift your hips.
- Slide a block under your lower back at its lowest height.
- Rest your weight onto the block and breathe deeply for 5–10 breaths.
Close your eyes, let the block hold you, trust the support beneath you. For extra comfort, pair this pose with the Yoga Mat to complete your relaxation with the candle.
2. Standing Forward Fold (Uttanasana)
This pose invites calm and clarity by lengthening your hamstrings and releasing stress in the neck and spine. It’s a gentle reminder to surrender and let gravity do the healing.
How to practice:
- Stand with feet hip-width apart.
- Place two blocks in front of you at medium height.
- Hinge from your hips and rest your hands on the blocks.
Keep your spine long, not rounded. The goal isn’t to reach the floor, it’s to reach awareness.
3. Low Lunge (Anjaneyasana)
A deep hip-opening posture that stretches the thighs and strengthens the legs while grounding your energy. This pose brings balance between strength and surrender.
How to practice:
- Step your right foot forward, left knee on the mat.
- Place blocks under each hand to lift your chest.
- Breathe deeply, keeping your hips squared.
The stability of your blocks lets your breath travel deeper into the hips. Use cork blocks for firm support and feel your breath soften the tension in your hips. Besides that, evelate your experience with the yoga mat for easy on-the-go practice and complete your look with our sports bras for light, breathable support.
4. Half Split (Ardha Hanumanasana)
A mindful hamstring stretch that improves flexibility while teaching patience and self-compassion. This pose encourages awareness of every breath and subtle release.
How to practice:
- From Low Lunge, shift your hips back and straighten your front leg.
- Place blocks under your hands for balance.
- Inhale to lengthen the spine, exhale to fold.
The block meets you where you are, let progress come with patience.
5. Supported Fish Pose (Matsyasana)
A restorative heart-opener that expands the chest, improves posture, and renews energy after long hours of sitting. This pose reconnects you with lightness and self-love.
How to practice
- Place one block under your upper back (medium height) and one under your head (low height).
- Relax your arms beside your body, palms open.
- Breathe deeply for 3–5 minutes.
Let your heart rest upon support, a reminder that growth happens in stillness. Light a candle and sip from your water bottle post-practice to rehydrate and center yourself in calm energy.
The Art of Balance
Using yoga blocks isn’t about doing less, it’s about doing better. They teach you to listen to your body, move with awareness, and grow with intention.
With Olaben’s eco-conscious yoga blocks, crafted from premium cork and sustainable foam, your practice becomes a dance of support and surrender, strength grounded in softness.
Lay down your mat, place your blocks by your side, and take one mindful breath.
Because balance isn’t found, it’s created, block by block, breath by breath.
