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Balasana Extended

extended child pose

Balasana Extended
  • Resting position
  •  Stretches back, shoulders, arms & hips
Contraindications

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GETTING INTO THE POSE

  • From a kneeling position with your big toes together and your knees wide apart, exhale and bend forward with your torso resting between your thighs and your forehead on the mat.

  • Bring the sit bones towards the heels as much as possible.

  • Stretch your arms forward at shoulder width.

BREATH

  • Exhale: relax everything.

  • Inhale: create length between the shoulder blades and hands and between the neck and sit bones.

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  • On the inhale, feel the pressure against your legs as your chest and abdomen expand and feel the ribs widen in all directions.

GETTING OUT OF THE POSE

  • Inhale: come to your hands and knees.

PREPARATORY POSES

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SUBSEQUENT POSES

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REPLACEMENT POSES
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