Balasana (Child Pose): Introduction, Steps, Benefits, Precautions, Expert Tips & Alterations

What You Should Know Before You Do Child pose Asana?

Make sure that your bowels clear and stomach must be empty before you practice Balasana position. It is a resting pose, it can be practiced at any hour when you want to catch your breath or relax, either in the midst of your workout or afterwards. But like other yoga asana, this one too must be performed before four to six hours after a meal.

• Yogasana Level –  Basic
• Yogasana Style –  Vinyasa
• Yogasana Repetitions –  1 to 3 min
• Yogasana Strengthens –Back, Neck, Shoulders
• Yogasana Stretches –  Hip, Thigh, Ankle

Effect of Balasana/Child pose Asana on tri dosha

• Balasana helps in relieving stress and anxiety and it calm the mind. It also relieves fatigue and dizziness. This is possible because Balasana balances and pacifying Udana Vayu, Prana Vayu and Tarpaka Kapha.

How To Do Child Pose Yoga Posture/Asana?

• Bow down on the floor and as you sit on your heels your big toes should touch each other. Once you are comfortable in this position, stretch your knees as much as your hips and then inhale.
• As you exhale bend forward and lay your torso between your thighs.
• Now, deepen the sacrum all over the back of the pelvis, and narrow the points of your hip such that they point towards the navel. steady down on the inner thighs
• Stretch your tailbone away from the back of the pelvis as you lift the base of your head slightly away from the back of the neck.
• Place your arms in a line with your knees stretch them and put in front of you. Relax your shoulder fronts to the floor. You may feel that the weight of the front shoulders (deltoid muscle) pulling the scapula widely across your back.
• As this asana is a resting pose, you can hold this pose from between 30 seconds to a few minutes or till you can your breath.
• To exit from this asana, first stretch the front body. Then, breathe in and first lift your tailbone while it pushes down the pelvis.

Benefits Of Balasana/Child Pose Yoga Posture/Asana?

• It helps to reduce the stress and strain of the chest, back, and shoulders.
• This asana is highly recommended, especially if you have a bout of dizziness or fatigue during the day or during your workout.
• Stress and anxiety will get reduced.
• It massages and flexes the internal organs in the body, make them active and graceful.
• The spine will be stretched and relaxed after this asana .
• It reduces the pain in the lower back and neck if this asana is done with support on the head and the torso.
• It stretches the hips, thighs and ankles.
• It encourages the blood circulation to the whole body.
• It stretches the tendons, muscles, and ligaments of the knee area
• It promotes the proper breathing and it calms both the body and the mind.

Contraindications And Precautions Of Child Pose Posture/Asana?

1. If you enable to place your head on the floor, you can use a pillow to feel comfort.
2. If you are suffering from diarrhoea or any knee injuries you must avoid this asana.
3. High blood pressure patient must avoid practicing this asana.

Science Behind Balasana Posture/Asana?

• The Balasana is a calming and restorative pose that relaxes and rejuvenates the body. While stretching the back, it relaxes the spinal column. It relaxes the muscles, thereby helping to pacifying pain, especially in neck, shoulders and back. In this, knees are also get stretched and relaxed, and this helps in healing of the tendons, muscles, as well as joints and ready for the normal functioning. The pose resembles a foetal position and it is said to provide physical, mental, and emotional comfort to the being.

Beginners Tips For Child Pose Posture/Asana?

• It is not a common practice to breathe fully and consciously up to the back of our torso. Regular practice the Balasana in the right way will help you to breathe fully and consciously.
• As you begin to practice yoga, you use this asana as to get ready for a deep forward bend

Advanced Pose Alterations

• To intensifying this asana, one can also try to place their hands along their body, with your torso, with your palms facing upwards. This will increase the relaxation in the asana.

Related Yoga Poses/Asanas –

• Virasana

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