About Desha

'desha' is the Sanskrit word for ‘space’ or ‘place’. Often used to describe the quiet inner space cultivated through mindfulness and meditation, we take it to refer to the internal spaciousness that props help you find in your yoga practice. Prop use is essential for helping practitioners build the strength, balance, awareness, and flexibility necessary for a safe and effective yoga practice. As far as possible, our products are made from locally sourced, sustainable and non-toxic materials mindfully created to support and transform your practice.

At Desha, our mission is to create premium yoga products that are sustainable, supportive and durable. We aim to promote the regular use of props in a yoga practice and to educate practitioners on how to effectively use props to build strength, find alignment and facilitate a more intelligent mind body connection.

Desha stands behind beautifully designed, well researched and effective products that all embrace eco friendliness as far as possible in terms of product materials and packaging.

"I was introduced to yoga at a young age. My mother is a senior Iyengar yoga teacher and her passionate immersion in the tradition has been foundational to my own love of the practice. I have had a dedicated daily practice in the vinyasa lineage since 2010 and completed my 200hr teacher-training at The Shala with Tamsin Sheehy and Mariah Betts in 2016. In 2018 I did another 40hr advanced teacher training module. Since completing my teacher-training I have been teaching group yoga classes and private and corporate clients. I aim to integrate the alignment precision of Iyengar yoga with the fluidity of vinyasa yoga into their classes to provide students with a safe, intelligently sequenced and inspiring space from which to go deep into their practice."

Naomi Marshak

Founder of desha