Lightweight, durable and easy to grasp, Indian Rosewood Yoga Blocks add stability and length to your postures. They are a beautiful and luxurious prop for Yoga Practice. Shisham - also known as Indian Rosewood - is a semi-temperate hardwood of the teak family and the most important cultivated timber tree in India. The Shisham tree is plentiful in India and is planted often on roadsides and as a shade tree for tea plantations.