Video: Yoga Massage Poses: Bridge Lift

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The bridge lift yoga massage pose stretches the front thigh muscles as well as the lower back and helps with blood flow. Incorporate this massage pose into future massage sessions with tips from an experienced yoga masseuse in this free health video.

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Now we're coming into the bridge lift. Now along with the bridge and shoulder stand you're going to have a little throat constriction, so make sure you tell your client there not to move their head side to side, keep staring straight upwards. First thing I'm going to do is bend her knees and place the arch of her foot onto my kneecaps. Now I'm going to keep my knees together and kind of walk my feet out a little bit. Make sure she's steady, reach down, intertwine the fingers, and I'm just going to start slowly squatting down and lift her hips up. Now notice my back is nice and relaxed, my shoulders are rolled back, I'm not causing any stress in my back. Beautiful. Just hold her there for a good five breaths. You can feel how much they can relax into it. And if they do I'm going to slowly ease you down, bend and release and do it one more time. She really enjoyed that pose, I could feel her body relaxing into it. So again make sure the arch of the foot is there, intertwine the fingers, knees together, feet apart. Squatting down I am lifting her up. Adjusting my back to where I'm nice and safe. Perfect. And easing her down. Relax her legs. Good job.

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Yoga Massage Poses: Bridge Lift

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