Fix your Bridge Pose
I can’t begin to tell you how often I see this.
Knees collapsed, rolling in on their arches, body barely lifted. This body pictured to the left, is using more joint strength than muscle and eventually, their knees are going to start to feel pain.
This individual can’t see themselves at all, so they think they are in proper alignment until someone tells them otherwise. But so often, without regular assists, or in the event the person is practicing from home, this often goes unchecked.
So how can you adjust this for yourself, whether you’re in class or at home?
Let me show you.
Take a block and place it in front of your pelvis OR take your fingers and find the boney processes on the front of your pelvis. This is the distance you want between your feet.
Maybe the block is close to that distance? You can put a block between your feet as a unit of measurement.
Lift up into bridge. It might be a little harder because you’re now engaging muscle and not hammock-ing the body from the joint structures.
Try it and let me know what you think!
