Dharma Yoga Wheel
If you, like me, follow a buncha yogis on Instagram, you cannot have missed the Dharma Yoga Wheel, seen being used as a prop, support, or just a thing to coil around. Can you make your own? Maybe. If you’re crafty or have a crafty person on call, most likely. Can you just drop back in a backbend without it? Well, yes of course. But if you’re curious, and keen to strengthen and support your backbend practice (with a little bit of play added in for good measure) the wheel might be for you.
Choose from a basic sized wheel, a ‘mini’ (if you’re under five feet tall), and a ‘plus’ (if you’re over six feet tall or keen to explore deeper stretches). The most economical of the bunch is $60 (about Rs 4,000), and they’ve also got a more compact version for travel.
Used correctly it’ll help you open up your whole back, relax muscles (in the same manner as a deep yin yoga class), as well as help expand and stretch the chest, quadriceps, hip flexors and abdominal muscles.
Pick your wheel on the Dharma Yoga Wheel website here.
Vandana Verma