Props are one of the hallmarks of Iyengar yoga. Blocks, straps, blankets, bolsters, chairs and ropes help adapt the asanas to a person's physical possibilities.
With their help you can keep a correct position of the body, make a pose more accessible without losing its effect. Props also let you work with mobility, strength and stability gradually, without unnecessary strain.
So using props is not a simplification of the practice. On the contrary, they help you do the asanas more accurately, understand the body's work better and gradually develop its capacities.
