Child's Pose

Kneel on the floor. Touch your big toes together and sit on your heels, then separate your knees about as wide as your hips. 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 they nestle down onto the inner thighs. Lengthen your tailbone away from the back of the pelvis.
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Child's Pose Challenge rules

while you lift the base of your skull away from the back of your neck.
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
Balasana is a resting pose. Stay anywhere from 30 seconds to a few minutes. Beginners can also use Balasana to get a taste of a deep forward bend, where the torso rests on the thighs. 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.
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“Did this today, and about 10 reps, 3 days per week for the past month. September, 2012.”

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Susan B Completed. :-)

Bloemfontein, ZA • 9:45 GMT, 21 Apr 2013 • In the Child's Pose Challenge

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Debra W completed; love this

Abilene, US • 4:30 GMT, 10 Mar 2013 • In the Child's Pose Challenge

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Cathy C encouraged this.

Garth M nice and relaxing!

Milton Keynes, GB • 12:11 GMT, 6 Feb 2013 • In the Child's Pose Challenge

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Cathy C encouraged this.

Tim H still struggling with this one it's not as easy as it looks to do it properly

Portsmouth, GB • 6:43 GMT, 4 Oct 2012 • In the Child's Pose Challenge

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Cathy C encouraged this.

Joanne S last challenge/stretch before bed. . . .perfect relaxation position. Love it!

Winnipeg, CA • 3:16 GMT, 26 Sep 2012 • In the Child's Pose Challenge

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Rick P and Cathy C encouraged this.

Claire Boo L Man I love this pose, seriously relaxing.

Lancashire, GB • 8:05 GMT, 11 Sep 2012 • In the Child's Pose Challenge

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Mairead S, Maria S and 2 othersMairead S, Maria S, Ian L and Doug S encouraged this.

Claire Boo L I love this pose, I am not completing yet as it gives me an excuse to keep doing it for a couple more days.

Lancashire, GB • 10:23 GMT, 10 Sep 2012 • In the Child's Pose Challenge

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Christopher K encouraged this.

Louise F This simplest of yoga poses is beyond me at the moment - my poor, post op knees just aren't up to this yet. So, being a stubborn mare, I of course HAVE to take the challenge! When I can do this again, I'll know my rehab is pretty much complete! :-)

Stevenage, GB • 4:54 GMT, 26 Aug 2012 • In the Child's Pose Challenge

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Karen L and Rick P encouraged this.

Hopefully it won't be too long Louise !

Karen L • 4:55 GMT, 26 Aug 2012 • Encourage

Rick P encouraged this.

Just a few more months and I'll be there! It's only been a couple of weeks since I've been able to kneel (with padding) - that in itself was an excellent sign of progress that made me grin all the way through that yoga session!

Louise F • 5:00 GMT, 26 Aug 2012 • Encourage

Karen L encouraged this.