The “traditional” Bridge Pose is generally taught interlacing the fingers beneath you.You also … See more

This variation encourages the deep external rotation in your shoulders that’s necessary before you can bring your arms beneath your body to clasp your hands. It’s a much mo… See more

You can focus on opening your upper back, more than your chest, by not clasping at all. From Bridge Pose, lift up onto the outer edge of your forearms, with your pinky side of your han… See more

After I tell students that they can go from Bridge Pose into Upward-Facing Bow, I often say, “Or you can take the most ‘advanced’ variation of all: Supported Bridge.” Re… See more

So far, we’ve focused on all the ways to adjust your upper body in Bridge. But the cool thing about this pose is that you can also play with the leg positioning. The half split is an a… See more