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One of the most common challenges people face when traveling is staying consistent with their routines. Whether you’re on vacation, visiting family, or away on a work trip, it’s easy to think you can’t keep up with your posture therapy without your usual equipment. The good news is, you don’t need to stop. With a little creativity, you can adapt almost any exercise using items you already have around you.



In our sessions, we often rely on yoga blocks, foam rolls, inflatable props, and straps. These tools are helpful because they provide support, height, or stability in key positions. But while they make the process easier, they’re not absolutely required. What matters most is the stimulus you’re giving your body, and that can be replicated with simple substitutes.

• Yoga blocks or foam blocks: If you don’t have access to these, use a thick blanket or towel. Fold it into a dense square or roll it tightly to create the height or firmness you need. It may not feel exactly the same, but it’s more than enough to support your alignment.
  
  
• Foam rolls or inflatable props: A regular bath towel, dish towel, or even a small pillow rolled to the right size can mimic the feel of a foam roll. What you’re looking for is the shape and pressure, not necessarily the exact tool.
  
  
• Yoga straps: Straps are useful for keeping your body in alignment, especially for hip-width positioning. If you don’t have one, a nylon belt, scarf, or robe tie will do the trick. Avoid leather, since it’s stiff, and stay away from stretchy bands, since they create unwanted tension rather than holding you in place.
  
  

By using these substitutions, you can continue to work through your exercises no matter where you are. The key is not perfection, but consistency. Skipping weeks of posture therapy while you’re away only makes it harder to maintain progress. But showing up daily, even with improvised tools, ensures your body continues to get the input it needs.

Think of it this way: posture therapy is about training your body’s alignment and muscle function, not about the equipment itself. The props are just there to guide you. Whether it’s a blanket instead of a block, or a belt instead of a strap, what matters most is that you’re sticking with the practice.

So the next time you’re packing a suitcase, don’t stress about fitting in all your gear. With a few quick substitutions, you can stay on track with your routine, keep your progress moving forward, and return home without missing a beat.

Serving Colorado from our centrally located office in Westminster and seeing clients from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, Denver and Boulder, we can also help globally via WebCam such as Zoom or FaceTime.

Anu Lawrence owned Egoscue Method clinics for over a decade before moving to private practice in 2022 and is a certified master instructor in the Egoscue Method, having learned the craft from Pete Egoscue directly.