Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

The yoga wheel is a versatile, yoga prop that can help your students grow in yoga class. Yoga teach

11 Dec 2022 · 2 min

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In this one‑minute yoga teacher‑training video, the instructor introduces the yoga wheel as a versatile prop, especially for back‑opening poses. After briefly mentioning an Amazon storefront link for wheel recommendations, she demonstrates how to incorporate the wheel into Parsvottanasana (Pyramid Pose). She explains how moving the wheel forward or backward adjusts stretch depth, and guides students to hold the wheel with both hands while lengthening the spine and folding forward. The lesson then adds a dynamic transition: rolling the wheel forward while shifting weight onto one leg to lift the back leg into Virabhadrasana III (Warrior III). The wheel serves as a stabilising aid, helping students maintain balance and control throughout the movement. The video ends with a call‑to‑action to follow for more teacher tips.

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Welcome to your 1-minute yoga teacher training. Today we're going to use one of my favorite props, the yoga wheel. If you don't have a yoga wheel, these are incredible fun tools. They really help with back openers, but there are a lot of less obvious ways to use them. If you're looking for a recommendation on a wheel, I have a link in my profile in my Amazon storefront. Definitely check that out. If you have your wheel already, let's get started. Parashvatanasana, also known as pyramid pose, is a posture that you can use the wheel. Instruct your students to take the wheel with both hands. Then we're going to inhale, lengthen the spine. Exhale, So as we fold forward, bringing the wheel onto the ground, great thing about the wheel is that you can move it forward more, bring yourself deeper into the stretch. So if you want to come more out of it, move the wheel back. If you want to come deeper in, you move the wheel forward. Let's add on a really fun transition to this Parsvottanasana and do Virabhadrasana 3. This is great for students who are having a little bit of difficulty finding balance in Warrior 3. We're already in our Parsvottanasana. We're going to go ahead and just roll that wheel forward as we begin to put the weight onto one leg and lift up the back leg pointing it backward. So now the whole time the student has the wheel to help them stabilize as they focus on moving the weight into the back. Then you want them to just slowly come down with control. The wheel helps them to control their movements so that they're not falling out of their balance. Light up that follow button for more yoga teacher tips. I'll see you in the next video.