Bountiful Bolsters!
Another unique prop to use other than Eye Bags to assist in making your yoga practice more comfy and relaxing is a bolster. The hard thing about bolsters is that is often hard to find a really good one. When you spend a lot of your hard earned money on something you want it to last a while and be a quality item. And, if you have ever purchased a bolster before you know that a good one isn’t cheap. They range anywhere from $25.00 – $70.00.
Like good friends, Bolsters should provide reliable, effective support, even when you place yourself in difficult positions. Bolsters are great for stretching & supporting your belly, back, hamstrings & chest. They should be made firm & dense — this way it provides support for you to relax deeply and stay in a shape awhile.
My favorite bolster maker is Angela McWilliams @ InnerSpaceYoga. She makes bolsters for the Asheville Yoga Center, so you know they rock (but arent’ hard like rocks, of course 
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She makes two sizes in bolsters, a round one and a flat. Honestly, I like them both for different reasons, but the largest of the two is the round. Angela uses fun, lively fabrics and you can choose which fabric you want your bolster to be made with too. Check out this brochure for more information and details. You can follow her on Twitter to under InnerSpaceYoga.
Take a look at these fun pictures too —>
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Angela is such a cool Yogini that she is offering $25.00 off the purchase of 1 of her bolsters for the best comment on this blog.
She normally charges $55.00 for a bolster, so you would be getting a great bolster for $30.00.
That’s Supa Dupa Cheap!
She will even pay for the shipping.
So if you are in the market for a bolster, want to save a few dollars and you want a great bolster, post a comment by March 21st and once again my high students will choose the winner since they are very impartial and don’t know any of my blog followers. The winner will be announced after the contest is over.
The bounty is out for the best bolster blogger!!!
Thanks for this wonderful post, Tiffany. I feel so blessed to have fallen in to this line of work, and have Steph Keach, of Asheville Yoga Center, to thank for it.
I love making bolsters (and zafus and zabutons and sandbags too!), and it makes me happy when people tell me how happy they are with their props.
Thanks to Leigh Ann Russell, who was the model for the bolster pic, and to Anna Ferguson (@ushasyoga on Twitter) for taking such great photos.
I’m looking forward to setting some lucky blog-commenter with a new bolster. Jai!
I would greatly enjoy a discounted bolster by Angela. They look so festive and fun in the vast array of colorful fabrics. They appear to speak to the artist within; inspiring the continued journey to unconver our true Selves.
I’d love to have a sample bolster so that I can order them as our staple bolsters for the studio! They look beautiful
Very great information.
I got one of these bolsters a few weeks back while attending a workshop @ Asheville Yoga center. LOVE it!!!
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