Your brain loves yoga blocks (even if your ego doesn’t)

"Brainy What-Why-How"

Your weekly nibble of science-backed goodness to help you move better and feel unstoppable.

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What:

Hypermobile people probably need yoga blocks more than anyone else. 

Yeah, I said it. 

Why:

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:

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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