Lower back, hips, knees and shoulders
Child's Pose: Classic
A deeply restful pose that passively decompresses your spine and releases tension through your back, hips, and shoulders: helping your nervous system settle and your body recover.
Restorative60 to 180 seconds
Ways to adjust it
- Bolster
- Wide knee
- Blanket behind knee
- Arms alongside body
Other ways to do this movement
Every version below is the same movement set up differently, so one of them usually suits.
- Child's Pose: Arms on Blocks
- Child's Pose: Bolster
- Child's Pose: Chair
- Child's Pose: Chair Facing Back
- Child's Pose: Chair Support from Floor
- Child's Pose: Forearms
- Child's Pose: Quick
- Child's Pose: Wide Knee
Before you try it
Move within a range that stays comfortable. Stop if this brings on sharp pain, dizziness, or symptoms that travel down an arm or a leg, and speak to a clinician before repeating it.
One movement is a start. A session is the thing.
A few questions about your body and how it is today, and Vinys builds a session around it, including which movements to leave out.
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