Lower back, hips, knees and shoulders
Child's Pose: Wide Knee
Opens your hips wider while still providing deep spinal decompression and rest, making it more comfortable if your hips feel tight in the classic version.
Restorative60 to 180 seconds
Ways to adjust it
- Bolster
- 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: Classic
- Child's Pose: Forearms
- Child's Pose: Quick
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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