In Wall Yoga, the wall is your friend — one you can always turn to when you need a little extra support or a confidence boost — and one that doesn’t shy away from giving you some honest and direct feedback. The wall can give you some welcome benefits:
Provides safety and stability
Supports your balance
Gives you feedback on your alignment
Adds variety to reinvigorate your practice
When you embrace the wall as a prop, you open up a world of possibilities for practice. For starters, a wall allows you to practice when you’re not dressed for yoga. Some postures you can easily do in business dress in an office setting. Imagine the benefits of taking a few minutes to stretch and breathe before attending a high-powered business meeting or delivering an important presentation.
Wall Yoga is a great option when the floor surface isn’t inviting. Attention all backpacking travelers: How great does a few minutes of Wall Yoga sound when you’re staying in a super-budget hotel that’s seen better days? Don’t have a wall? Don’t worry; if the walls in your home or hotel room are flush with furniture and framed artwork, you can always use a door. In addition, a tree or the side of a building can stand in for a wall.
You can do many categories of postures, and the wall helps in each instance.
Standing postures: The wall provides feedback on your alignment and orientation in space.
Safe inversions: The wall provides safety and allows you to experience the benefits of inversions without doing traditional inversions that can be risky for many people.
Forward bends and hamstring stretches in hanging postures: The wall provides safety, precision, and guidance for your alignment.
