How to Do the Supported Bridge Yoga Pose

Hi, I'm Cris Freytag, Prevention Magazines Fitness Expert. Now this supported bridge yoga pose is a great pose to open the front of your body if you feel tight and also to relieve back pain by strengthening your spine. So lay down to the floor keeping your knees bent ans using yoga block to support your low back. I'm just going to lay down carefully and slide that yoga block under my hips and relax my gluts right there. Hans relaxed at your sides, palms facing the mat and just breathe. As it presses your hip flexors open lengthen through your torso, relax your head, neck and shoulders and relax right here.

Now, hold the posses long as you comfortably can and to come up of the pose, you're going to lift those hips up, hold on, hold the block out and relax. To make it easier if you need a little more support on your spine, grab a couple of blankets or towels and place those underneath your spine, all the way; one or two, or even three, whatever feels comfortable. Here we go. And now you have more of your spine supported. Take those heels into to your palms, relax head, neck and shoulders relaxed and just breathe right here. Opening through the front of the body—and stretching and strengthening that spine.

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