This episode focuses on Bridge Pose, Setu Bandha Sarvangasana also known as Setu Bandhasana.
We discuss:
- Benefits of Bridge Pose.
- Benefits of using a block to support Bridge Pose.
- Benefits of not using a block to support Bridge Pose.
- The muscles strengthened and stretched in Bridge Pose.
- Posterior chain strength.
- Upper and lower fibres of the glutes in backbends.
- Posterior tilt of the pelvis and its impact on thoracic extension.
- Jalandhara Bandha, the baroreceptors in the carotid artery and blood pressure.
- Heating and cooling backbends.
- Bridge Pose in Restorative Yoga.
- How long to hold Bridge Pose.
- How high to take the hips in Bridge Pose.
- How to use props in Bridge Pose.
- Delicious Wagon Wheels!
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