How to practice Child's Pose (Balasana) with props to ease the intense of the stretch.

Child's Pose, that relaxing, grounding and stretching pose for the body and mind. In this video we explain how to modify Child's pose using a cushion or folded towel between your buttocks and your calf muscles while you take first steps on your yoga practice. You could also just make a prop with your fists and place your forehead on your fists. As always listen to your body and consult your doctor before practicing. A rule of thumb is to hold this pose anywhere from 30 seconds to 3-5 minutes honoring what your body tells you to.
There are so many benefits of Child's Pose, like flexibility and relieving muscle tension in the low back. We have explored it's benefits for example for a low back pain in our earlier video: • Strengthen Your Back w...
Other benefits, beyond stretching the back muscles and spine, is relaxing the back muscles and calming and slowing down the mind. So creating a feeling of comfort.
Child's pose also stretches your ankles, tights and neck and increases blood flow to the head and neck. It is also a good way to open your hips and release tension from your hips and relieves tension in your pelvis.
Child's pose stimulates digestion system and should most likely relive constipation.
There are some contraindications: injury or a surgery of ankles short while ago, shoulders, hip or knees.