The Dhama Yoga Wheel

  So I had seen The Dharma Yoga Wheel all over social media. 

   Of course like everyone else, I have goals for my practice - one of them being that I would love to open up my thoracic spine, deepen my back-bends, and I would love to improve my inversions (like handstands, head stand, scorpions etc). From what I saw on social media this prop could help me do all of those things!

  I got one and have been using it for a few weeks, I want to tell you a little about to give you an idea whether this prop would be beneficial for your practice.

 
Getting the wheel:
  My wheel arrived pretty quickly, well packaged, the only thing that I found was it didn't come with any instructions on its use. You can download some short instructions (see the picture to the left) but they are not detailed - in fact I turned to social media and my imagination to figure out how to use it.
  Practicing with the wheel:
  I love practicing with the wheel, it has helped me increase my back-bends, if you are interested in improving your back-bends then lying over the wheel (with your thoracic spine on the wheel) for 5 minutes a day can really open the spine.
  I found that I can use it deepen my forward folds, and other poses. As you can see in the top picture I often prop myself up somehow to increase the stretch.
  This prop can definitely be a support for inversions - of course it does not take away from the fact that you need strength in the arms and core, and flexibility in the shoulders
  On top of all of that its a really fun prop to improve balances. I often challenge myself by balancing on the prop (this is not easy) it has improved my grounded balances too.

 Should you get it?

  Yes! If you want to deepen your practice, although I must warn you that it takes practice - it can be a slow process so don't be hard on yourself. Try practice a little every day and before you know it you'll be up in scorpion.
  Stay turned to see poses you can do with the wheel, I will be uploaded more pics over the coming weeks. If you have any questions comment below!
 Happy practicing Yogis and Yoginis

Namaste