Balasan ( Child Pose )

The name comes from the Sanskrit words bala meaning "child" and asana meaning "posture" or "seat"

In this asana, the body faces the floor in a fetal position. The knees and hips are bent with the shins on the floor. The chest can rest either on the knees or the knees can be spread to about the width of a yoga mat, allowing the chest to go between the knees. The head is stretched forward towards the ground - the forehead may touch the ground. The arms may be stretched forward in front of the head or backwards towards the feet.

 

  

   Step by step :

1. Kneel on the floor. Touch your big toes together and sit on your heels, then separate your knees about as wide as your hips.
2. Exhale and lay your torso down between your thighs. Broaden your sacrum across the back of your pelvis and narrow your hip points toward the navel, so that they nestle down onto the inner thighs. Lengthen your tailbone away from the back of the pelvis while you lift the base of your skull away from the back of your neck.
3. Lay your hands on the floor alongside your torso, palms up, and release the fronts of your shoulders toward the floor. Feel how the weight of the front shoulders pulls the shoulder blades wide across your back.
4. Balasana is a resting pose. Stay anywhere from 30 seconds to a few minutes. Stay in the pose from 1 to 3 minutes. To come up, first lengthen the front torso, and then with an inhalation lift from the tailbone as it presses down and into the pelvis.

Benefits

•     Gently stretches the hips, thighs, and ankles
•     Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and fatigue
•     Relieves back , headache and neck pain
•     Glow your face

Contraindications and Cautions

•     Diarrhea
•     Pregnancy
•     Knee injury: Avoid Balasana unless you have the supervision of an experienced teacher.

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setubandhasan - bridge pose 

* STATUTORY WARNING :

Not all exercises are suitable for everyone and this or any other exercise program may result in injury. Any user of this exercise program assumes the risk of injury resulting from performing the exercises suggested.

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