BALASANA
Method of Practice: Balasana (Child’s Pose)
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Sit back on your heels, resting your hips on your heels. Gently bend forward and place your forehead on the floor. -
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Stretch your arms forward along the floor. (If this is not comfortable, place one palm over the other and rest your forehead on your hands.) -
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Gently press your chest toward your thighs. -
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Hold the position while breathing normally. -
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Slowly raise your torso, return to a sitting position on your heels, and gradually straighten your spine. Relax. -
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Repeat 3–5 times.
Benefits of Balasana (Child’s Pose)
- Calms the mind and helps relieve stress, anxiety, and fatigue.
- Highly effective in reducing tension in the lower back, shoulders, and neck.
- Improves digestion and helps relieve constipation and gas.
Particularly Beneficial / Supportive Practice For
- Particularly beneficial for calming the nervous system, promoting sound sleep, reducing cortisol (the stress hormone) levels, improving digestive disorders, and gently lengthening and decompressing the spine.
- Also serves as a supportive practice for relieving menstrual pain and cramps, improving blood circulation, and managing constipation, headaches, and migraine.
Contraindications / Precautions
- Do not perform this pose if you have a knee injury.
- Note: During pregnancy, practice this pose only under the guidance of a qualified physician or yoga expert.
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