Setu Bandasana

Coming into your Bridge-

*Feet & knees come to hip width distance, be mindful not to allow the knees to splay open to the sides

*Finger tips barely knick the heals, inhale to lift the hips starting with the tail bone.

 You may clasp your hand below you and come up onto your shoulders if that is available to you.

Shoulder blades shift down along the spine, allow for softness in the neck

Hold pose for 5 – 15 breaths actively breathing into the low back (lumbar region)

**Allow yourself to experience all the feelings and sensations that come along with your Bridge pose and think about finding length between the vertebrae.

*RELEASE  SLOWLY on exhalation allowing for each vertebra to come down starting with the cervical spine, tail bone being the last to touch down.

Benefits

Stretches chest neck & Spine

Calms brain & central nervous system

Stimulates  thyroid glands

Improves digestion

Reduces feelings of anxiety fatigue &  headache

Therapeutic for asthma high blood pressure, sinusitis, hypertension

Strengthens back buttocks and hamstrings

Omfully yours
JL