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Yoga Pose Child's Pose Benefits and Dangers

Child’s Pose is also known as Balasana. Child’s pose is a relaxing pose and can be performed
anytime during the yoga practice whenever one feels tired, preceding or following any yoga
pose.

Child Pose can helps in  
(a)        stretching the hips, thighs and ankles gently
(b)        relieving stress
(c)        relieving the back and neck pain

This yoga pose can also help in case of Insomnia. In fact this pose is so powerful that while
performing within 2 to 3 minutes practitioner can already feel as if he is half asleep.

In case if you feel difficulty in sitting on your heels, place a cushion between your back thighs
and calves.
However like every other science, yoga is also a precise science.

The same yoga pose can be beneficial for some people however it can be dangerous for others
if precautions are not taken or previous health conditions are not taken into consideration
while performing this pose.

Following are some of the conditions when yoga pose child’s pose (Balasana) should never be
performed.

(1) If suffering from Diarrhea
(2) Knee injury as it may worsen the situation.
(3) Pregnant women should also avoid doing the Child Pose unless only under the supervision
of experienced yoga teacher (with knees apart).

By ignoring the precautions you put your health at risk.

Issued in public interest by celebrity trainer Subodh Gupta. Subodh Gupta is an author of
numerous books on yoga, weight loss and stress management.  He has been interviewed by
various TV channels and his views and articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers
in India and the UK.

Subodh Gupta is based in London (UK) and conducts yoga, weight loss, nutrition and stress
counselling sessions for number of celebrities.