What is Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose)?
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, also known as Bridge Pose, is one of the first few back-bending yoga poses many new yogis begin to master.
In this pose, the head and neck are descending more than the heart with comfortable pressure, allowing you to gain the physical and deep emotional benefits of opening your chest and thoracic spine. It can be done both restoratively or vigorously, as a strengthening or resting pose.
The Bridge pose also lowers the sympathetic "fight-or-flight" nervous system and boosts the parasympathetic nervous system.