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Yoga Fundamentals - Extended Child's Pose | Utthita Balasana - Yoga with Parul

Parul Joshi · 1:37

In this practice

Key teachings

Importance of resting poses in yoga practice
Mindful body alignment in a restorative posture
Using breath to deepen relaxation and grounding

Ideal for

Beginners starting their yoga journey
Anyone wanting to brush up on yoga basics
Practitioners needing rest between more challenging poses
Individuals seeking a calming and restorative posture

Lesson

Instructions

Namastey yogi's! This is my yoga fundamental series where I am starting out with the Extended Child's Pose or Utthita Balasana. Balasana is a resting/neutral pose and the most useful one especially when you are doing the challenging poses or participating in a public class.

Do comment, like or share this with whoever is planning to start out on yoga or who wants to brush up on basics.

Music: One River - Benjy Wertheimer Video: Jhanavi Kamra

Steps

Extended Child's Pose (Utthita Balasana)
Tabletop position
Conscious breathing for relaxation

Benefits

Relieves stress and fatigue
Gently stretches the hips, thighs, and ankles
Calms the brain and centralizes attention
Provides a safe resting point during challenging practices

Child Pose Ama Asana

Transcript

namaste Yogi's this soul right here is father and this is my yoga fundamental series where today we will be doing the thetable asana or the extended Child's Pose extended Child's Pose is a neutral or a resting pose which comes very handy when you are participating in a public class or when you are transitioning between the challenging poses so let's start from a tabletop position on your hands and knees now press on your palms and widen your knees a bit bring your big toes together adjust your palms bring them forward now slowly bring your hips on your heels try to create space between your shoulders and your ears on your inhale reach up stretch your fingers towards the top of your mat with exhalation ground yourself more by bringing your sit bones to your heels try to create a straight line from your crown of the head to the tailbone you can stay anywhere from 30 seconds to a few minutes in this resting pose I share this with liver is planning to start out the basics

Practice summary

Level: beginner
Duration: 2 minutes
Equipment: yoga mat
Target areas: hipslower backshouldersspine
Energy: calming

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