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"For me, assistive devices are not only suitable for yoga asana practice. They should be used as tools to assist in body movements, which in turn can calm the mind and achieve a state of" mindfulness. ". "The body is the most important accessory, and the body is the accessory of the soul."—— B. K. S. Ayengar
1、 Provide physical support
Assistants can support the entire body position or various parts of the body. Generally, due to physical limitations or lack of strength, the posture considered most beneficial for a particular condition may not be achievable for the patient. Assistants can help present more advanced poses for beginners, injured people, or disabled practitioners.
For example, yoga practitioners who only have one leg can solve structural imbalances in the pelvis, sacrum, and spine through standing poses, which typically require supporting a high stool or balance beam (also known as a yoga trojan) to complete.
In a yoga prescription, the order of asanas, the way they are performed, and the time each asana is held are equally important as the orthostatic effect that a asana needs to achieve. In the sense of assistive support, it can enable the patient to maintain the posture for a much longer duration than the duration of independent entry.
2、 Understanding Your Body
Assistants can cultivate an understanding of the upright position of the asana, thereby safely completing the asana. Many structural and systemic problems are caused or exacerbated by habitual imbalances formed by the body, and if not controlled, problems will persist when performing asanas.
As a tool for yoga therapists to help patients study their own consistency and state of existence, assistive devices often serve as a starting point to reveal the root causes of problems and enable patients to gain knowledge of their own body during the rehabilitation process. Assistants can teach people to see and feel themselves from within, and the introspection facilitated by aids increases the meditative effect and psychological benefits of yoga.
3、 Guide the exercise direction
Assistants can also be used in a guided manner to highlight specific aspects of asana or breathing. In this sense, assistive devices guide the patient to focus on areas where the disease needs to be addressed, and provide a sense of direction to guide the patient's attention to specific movements in the therapeutic posture.
4、 Help with in-depth practice
Assistants can be used to enhance the intensity of movement required in therapeutic applications of asanas. Although assistive devices can support and enable the practitioner to maintain the asana for a long time, the asana can also become more intense, or the specific position of the support can enable the student to enter the asana more deeply.
Practitioners can use assistive devices in different ways to enhance specific aspects of some postures. Through multiple combinations of assistive devices, individual postures can be changed to address a comprehensive range of therapeutic issues from the body to the mind.
5、 Assisting physical recovery
Facts have proven that adjuncts have significant value in the prevention and treatment of diseases through yoga therapy. In order to relax and reduce stress, Master Ayengar developed what is commonly referred to as restorative exercises, in which assistive support practitioners are able to make more attempts to maintain the optimal timing of the asana.
Inverted stereoscopic poses can play a significant role in benefiting the body's immune system. Assistants enable students to maintain inversion for a long time, thereby maximizing benefits.
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