{"id":3481,"date":"2021-06-18T13:52:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.yogaclassplan.com\/?post_type=yoga-pose&p=3481"},"modified":"2022-10-10T10:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:49:51","slug":"childs-pose-balasana","status":"publish","type":"yoga-pose","link":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Pose"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Begin kneeling on the floor with the tops of the feet flat and the legs together. Release the upper body over the thighs, resting the forehead onto the floor. Place the arms alongside the body with the palms turned up. Allow the shoulders to roll forward releasing the mid back. To come out, place the hands underneath the shoulders and draw the belly back to lift the spine.<\/p>\n

Child\u2019s pose is a place of rest and can be used during transitions. If a student feels fatigued this is a good posture to pause in. It can be held anywhere from 30 seconds and up to 10+ minutes in a restorative yoga class.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Begin kneeling on the floor with the tops of the feet flat and the legs together. Release the upper body over the thighs, resting the forehead onto the floor. Place the arms alongside the body with the palms turned up. Allow the shoulders to roll forward releasing the mid back. To come out, place the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3830,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"pose-category":[64],"class_list":["post-3481","yoga-pose","type-yoga-pose","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pose-category-forward-bends"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYoga Pose: Child Pose | YogaClassPlan.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Relaxing and rejuvinating, the child pose or Balasana is a simple rest pose which has plenty of benefits.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Child Pose\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Relaxing and rejuvinating, the child pose or Balasana is a simple rest pose which has plenty of benefits.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"YogaClassPlan.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogaclassplan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-10T10:49:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/childspose.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@yogaclassplan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/childs-pose-balasana\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/childs-pose-balasana\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yoga Pose: Child Pose | YogaClassPlan.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/childs-pose-balasana\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/childs-pose-balasana\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/childspose.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-18T13:52:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-10T10:49:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Relaxing and rejuvinating, the child pose or Balasana is a simple rest pose which has plenty of benefits.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/childs-pose-balasana\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/childs-pose-balasana\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/childs-pose-balasana\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/childspose.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/childspose.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/childs-pose-balasana\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yoga Poses\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/yoga-pose\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Child Pose\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"YogaClassPlan.com\",\"description\":\"Helping Yoga Teachers Create Their Classes\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"YogaClassPlan.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":226,\"height\":45,\"caption\":\"YogaClassPlan.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.yogaclassplan.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/yogaclassplan\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/yogaclassplan\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yoga Pose: Child Pose | YogaClassPlan.com","description":"Relaxing and rejuvinating, the child pose or Balasana is a simple rest pose which has plenty of benefits.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Child Pose","og_description":"Relaxing and rejuvinating, the child pose or Balasana is a simple rest pose which has plenty of benefits.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/","og_site_name":"YogaClassPlan.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogaclassplan","article_modified_time":"2022-10-10T10:49:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/childspose.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@yogaclassplan","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/","url":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/","name":"Yoga Pose: Child Pose | YogaClassPlan.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/childspose.png","datePublished":"2021-06-18T13:52:46+00:00","dateModified":"2022-10-10T10:49:51+00:00","description":"Relaxing and rejuvinating, the child pose or Balasana is a simple rest pose which has plenty of benefits.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/childspose.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/childspose.png","width":400,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/childs-pose-balasana\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yoga Poses","item":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/yoga-pose\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Child Pose"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/","name":"YogaClassPlan.com","description":"Helping Yoga Teachers Create Their Classes","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/#organization","name":"YogaClassPlan.com","url":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/logo.png","width":226,"height":45,"caption":"YogaClassPlan.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/yogaclassplan","https:\/\/x.com\/yogaclassplan"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yoga-pose\/3481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yoga-pose"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/yoga-pose"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pose-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yogaclassplan.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pose-category?post=3481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}