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FLEX TIME.


Bridge Pose (Setu Bhanda)

Works on: Creates a suppleness in the spine, invigorating in·vig·or·ate  
tr.v. in·vig·or·at·ed, in·vig·or·at·ing, in·vig·or·ates
To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" 
 the nervous system. Opens shoulders and heart.

THE MOVE

Setup: Lay on your back with your knees bent and your feet hip-distance apart, slightly pigeon-toed. Stretch your arms alongside you, palms down. Melt your shoulders into the floor, maintaining the cervical curve in the neck. Don't press your chin down; gently lift it.

Step 1: Inhale. As you exhale exhale /ex·hale/ (eks´hal) to breathe out.

ex·hale
v.
1. To breathe out.

2. To emit a gas, vapor, or odor.
, press into your feet and peel your back off the floor, raising your hips. Wriggle your shoulders directly underneath you and clasp your hands, stretching them toward your feet.

Step 2: Keep pressing down through your upper and lower arms, keeping your wrists even. As the feet press down, the legs will strengthen. Try not to squeeze the buttocks buttocks /but·tocks/ (but´oks) the two fleshy prominences formed by the gluteal muscles on the lower part of the back. , but lengthen your tailbone tail·bone
n.
See coccyx.
 toward your knees. At the same time, roll your inner thighs toward one another and press down through the mound of the big toes. Hold this position for four to six. Unwriggle your shoulders and peel the back down one vertebrae Vertebrae
Bones in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar regions of the body that make up the vertebral column. Vertebrae have a central foramen (hole), and their superposition makes up the vertebral canal that encloses the spinal cord.
 at a time.

Repetitions: Repeat this pose up to three times.

ABOUT THE TRAINER: Brenda Strong is a certified yoga teacher and actress in Los Angeles. Her specialty is in fertility, pre- and postnatal postnatal /post·na·tal/ (-na´t'l) occurring after birth, with reference to the newborn.

post·na·tal
adj.
Of or occurring after birth, especially in the period immediately after birth.
 yoga. She also conducts graduate yoga groups and is completing her first book on yoga and the woman's journey. Strong and her husband, Tom Henri, teach at Yoga Villa, 11159 La Maida St., North Hollywood. For more information, call (818) 769-3857.

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Date:Nov 8, 2004
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