Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Bridge Pose (Setu Bandhasana)




Benefits
  • Stretches the chest, neck, and spine
  • Calms the brain and helps alleviate stress and mild depression
  • Stimulates abdominal organs, lungs, and thyroid
  • Rejuvenates tired legs
  • Improves digestion
  • Helps relieve the symptoms of menopause
  • Relieves menstrual discomfort when done supported
  • Reduces anxiety, fatigue, backache, headache, and insomnia
  • Therapeutic for asthma, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and sinusitis

    Contraindications and Cautions:

     Neck injury: avoid this pose unless you are practicing under the supervision of an experienced teacher.

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