Bālāsana / Child's Pose / Child's Resting Pose is a great restorative yoga asana that relaxes the whole body and balances the mind thereby re-charging the person for the rest of the day. 

Here are a Few Health Benefits of Bālāsana :

• Effectively calms the mind
• Therapeutic for digestion.
• Lengthens and strengthens the lower back. By separating the knees wider than your hips so that your stomach can rest in between them in a child pose provides a rejuvenating stretch to the hips. The stance helps in alleviating the hip pain and maintains the health of the posterior.
• Great for releasing fatigue: The forward fold of the body and regulated breath helps release all the tensions of the body and transports the body into a relaxation state.
•  Enhances blood circulation 
• Stretches the Shoulders and Ankles.
• Strengthens the ligaments in the knees.
• It helps fight insomnia: The child pose is a resting yoga posture that calms the mind and releases tension from the neck and shoulders. By releasing stress from the mind and various parts of the body, it helps a person have a sound sleep
• It energizes the body.

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