Yoga Bou is a prop designed to help to release muscular tension in the body. Utilizing leverage, the Bou (stick or road in Japanese) creates greater power on one side as you push another side away from the center. As it works on smaller masses of muscles and those in deeper layers, it draws out joint mobility naturally available in your body. By awakening the deeper muscles, the Bou will help to realign your body axis, the basis of good posture, and release tension and around shoulders and hip joints. It is also an effective tool to teach correct alignment in Yoga poses.

This method was invented by Michiko Minegishi, a famous Japanese yoga teacher. Yoga Bou exercises are especially appreciated in Asia, for instance in Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Yoga Bou is a great practice for those who have chronic shoulder and jaw discomforts, tight shoulders, frozen shoulder syndrome will benefit the most from the exercises. Those who have dislocations or torn rotator cuff are advised not to engage in some of the exercises.