The classical image of a seated (or standing) forward fold position with the head resting on the shin, can be intimidating for some people.  But for others, it comes too easy.  Certainly there is a lot of merit in reaching, and maintaining a final asana position: ‘sthira-ta‘ – is mentioned by Patanjali as one of the essential qualities of an asana.  But in the process of learning asanas, a practitioner need to be watchful that there is balance of effort, action, willpower, with ease, surrender meditativity.  Just as a relatively stiff person needs to struggle to reach forward, reach lower, do more, a relatively flexible practitioner also has to struggle to find out if they are missing any important links by ‘loading’ their more flexible parts.  This session uses props not to make the forward extension positions asanas easier,  or even to make them more challenging, but to push sensations to parts of the lower back that are often overlooked in our eagerness to go into a final asana.  We experience the ‘broadness’ of the lower back, in actions that are healthy for the back.