Shishu= child; asana= pose
Pronounced- shishuh-asanah
How to do Child Pose (Shishuasana)
- Sit on your heels. Keeping your hips on the heels, bend forward, and lower your forehead to the floor.
- Keep the arms alongside your body with hands on the floor, palms facing up. (If this is not comfortable, you can place one fist on top of another and rest your forehead on them.)
- Gently press your chest on the thighs.
- Hold.
- Slowly come up to sit on the heels, uncurling vertebra by vertebra and relax.
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Benefits of the Child Pose (Shishuasana)
- Deeply relaxing for the back.
- Relieves constipation.
- Calms down the nervous system.
Contraindications of the Child Pose (Shishuasana)
- In case of serious back or knee injuries avoid this yoga pose.
- Pregnant women should avoid doing this pose.
- Avoid this pose if you suffering from are or had recently suffered from diarrhea.
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FAQ's on Shishuasana
Placing support beneath the knee, hips, and head makes the Child's pose much easy. Instead of reaching the arms in front of you on the floor, you can keep the arms alongside your body with hands on the floor, palms facing up. If this is uncomfortable, you can place one fist on top of another and rest your forehead on them.
The inability to do the Child's pose is back and knee injuries or tight hips or tight calf muscles or pregnancy or diarrhea.
The Child's pose is challenging on a stiff back, neck, hips, lower back, or knees.
"For our body child's pose: Deeply relaxes the back. Relieves constipation. Calms down the nervous system."
People who find the child's pose relaxing can continue for 3-5 minutes. But for those who use this asana as a counterpose, do for a minute. If you find it difficult to touch your head on the floor, continue the asana only up to your comfort.
The inability to do the Child's pose is back and knee injuries or tight hips or tight calf muscles or pregnancy or diarrhea.
"Straighten the spine with each inhale and push your hips down with each exhale. Reach your shoulders toward the floor, away from your ears. If your shoulders strain rather than placing your hands straight in the front, bend elbows a little to relax the shoulders."
"*Keeping your hips on the heels, sit down. Bend forward and lower your forehead to the floor. *Keep the arms alongside your body with hands on the floor, palms facing up. (If this is not comfortable, you can place one fist on top of another and rest your forehead on them.) Some also find it convenient to outstretch their arms in front of them and palms on the floor. *Gently press your chest on the thighs. Hold in this position and take 3-5 deep breaths. *Slowly come up to sit on the heels, uncurling vertebra by vertebra, and relax. *If it is used as a counterpose, repeat it as many times as the previous asana."
Balasana is good both at dawn and dusk. Before sleep, Balasana aids in inducing sleep as it lowers blood pressure.
If you use supports beneath your head, knees, and hips, remove them to make the child's pose harder.
The Child's pose stretches the muscles of the lower and upper back, thighs, and hips.
Yes, routinely practicing yoga helps to reduce belly fat. Practice those asanas which impact the belly to get a positive result.
The Child's pose releases tension in the chest region, alleviates stress and anxiety, flexes the internal organs of your body, relieves lower back and neck pain, lowers your blood pressure, etc. Thus, Child's pose makes you feel good.
The Child's pose is good for the S1 joints as it stretches the hip and back muscles.
The Child's pose is good for the lower back as it stretches to relieve pain in and around this region.
Yes, Child's pose is good for you as it soothes the mind and the body. You get rid of constipation. Calms the nervous system.
The Child's pose releases tension in the chest region, alleviates stress and feelings of anxiety. It flexes the internal organs of your body, relieves pain in the lower back and the neck, and lowers your blood pressure. Thus, Child's pose makes you feel good.
"*Keeping your hips on the heels, sit down. Bend forward and lower your forehead to the floor. *Keep the arms alongside your body with hands on the floor, palms facing up. (If this is not comfortable, you can place one fist on top of another and rest your forehead on them.) Some also find it convenient to outstretch their arms in front of them and palms on the floor. *Gently press your chest on the thighs. Hold in this position and take 3-5 deep breaths. *Slowly come up to sit on the heels, uncurling vertebra by vertebra, and relax. *If it is used as a counterpose, repeat it as many times as the previous asana."
"Benefits of downward dog pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana ): * It energizes and rejuvenates the body * It lengthens the spine, strengthens the muscles of the chest increasing lung capacity * It brings strength throughout the body specially the arms, shoulders, legs, feet * It helps to tone muscles * It increases circulation to the brain * It calms the mind and helps relieve headache, insomnia, and fatigue * It improves the body posture"
You might notice small children while playing sleep in Child's pose. It releases tension in the chest region, alleviates stress and feelings of anxiety. It flexes the internal organs of your body, relieves pain in the lower back and the neck, and lowers your blood pressure. Thus, Child's pose makes you feel good.
