How Should I Perform Setu Bandhasana?
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The three words Setu, Bandha, and Asana make up its Sanskrit-derived name. Setu, which means bridge, Bandha, which means lock in this context, refers to contracting or regulating specific body parts, and Asana, which means position. Bridge Pose got its name because when you're in it, your body looks like a bridge. This backbend position is excellent for opening the heart and strengthening the legs, hips, spine, and waist. When performed consistently and methodically, this position can not only be energetic but also revitalizing and restorative. Sometimes it is not possible to do it on my own, look out for an online yoga class and follow the practices with professionals. Our bodies naturally have two back-bending curves at the neck and the lumbar region, which are present from birth. To ensure that the less mobile portions of the spine—the thoracic, upper back, and sacrum—as well as the flexible elements of the spine—the lumbar and neck—bear weight equally, this position must...