Your brain loves yoga blocks (even if your ego doesn’t)
"Brainy What-Why-How"
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What (the TL:DR)
Hypermobile people probably need yoga blocks more than anyone else.
Yeah, I said it.
Why (the geeky neurology)
Time for a quick brain safari:
🧠 The parietal lobe* helps you know where your limbs are (catching, throwing, not smacking your elbow on doorframes).
🧠 The temporal lobe** helps you interpret motion (aka not dropping your latte when someone bumps you).
Together, they’re your GPS for navigating body + world.
But bendies?
Thanks to wobbly collagen, the signal from body → brain can get… fuzzy.
So when bendy people shy away from using blocks, it may not be their ego screaming, “I’m too flexible for this nonsense.”
— it’s more likely their brain whispering, “I have no idea how to process this. Help.”
If you're hypermobile, ask yourself: Do I tend to avoid activities that involve coordinating my body with an external object? If so...this may be your explanation 😉
How (apply it to your life)
As yogis, we know that doing the uncomfortable thing trains the weak spots.
Blocks = feedback = stronger brain-body map.
Some spicy ideas:
- In goddess pose: block tall, outside the calves → push knees out, stop them from collapsing in.
- In tree pose: toss a block, catch a block → hand-eye coordination levelled up (we played this in my workshops in Krakow recently and yes, it was hilarious)
- Standing sequence: hold cork blocks → subtle wobbles give your arms a GPS signal boost (aka improved proprioception and reflexive stability)
And honestly, that’s just the start.
Blocks = magic for preventing compensation, upgrading proprioception, and rewiring that hypermobile brain.
Which is why I've added a new module called The Hypermobile Brain into my Applied Neurology Training.
And why I've got a growing library of yoga flows with weights and resistance bands on Move With Adell.
Because what’s good for Bendies is good for everyone. Bendies just… need it more.
Stay bendy, blocky, and brainy,
Adell xoxo 💋
especially the posterior parietal complex
* specifically the superior temporal sulcus and nearby areas
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