Bridge Yoga Pose
Bridge Yoga Pose. Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose) is an amazingly versatile backbend that you can practice in a variety of ways, depending on what you want to achieve and how you use it in a sequence. See below for options on how to prop the pose or add arm or leg alternatives.
On an inhalation, lift your hips. Bridge pose inculcates the concept of bridging Communicating and connecting with people and your own inner self. The yoga pose known in English as the Bridge Pose is called Setu Bandha Sarvangasana in Sanskrit, which translates literally as "construction of a bridge." The pose name comes from the words setu meaning bridge, bandha meaning lock, sarvanga meaning limb, and asana meaning posture.
Lie on your back with your knees bent and the soles of your feet flat on the floor.
It is highly effective at promoting stability and strength in the abdominal muscles (rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, internal and external obliques), back muscles.
The pranas flow from the base of the spine to the throat. Like Trikonasana (Triangle Pose) and Dhanurasana (Bow Pose), Setu Bandha Sarvangasana is a perfect example of a pose that gets its name from the way it looks. Engage your abdominals throughout the entire bridge pose.
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