How To Do Child's Pose Come to your hands and knees on the yoga mat. Spread your knees as wide as your mat, keeping the tops of your feet on the floor with the big toes touching. Rest your belly between your thighs and root your forehead to the floor. Relax the shoulders, jaw, and eyes.

Child’s pose is a forward bending stretch that can relieve stiffness and tension and promote better in several parts of your body. It involves kneeling on the floor, resting on your heels, then lowering your body forward so your forehead and torso rest on or near the ground.

Balasana or Child's Pose Bālāsana (Sanskrit: बालासन) or Child Pose, is a kneeling asana in modern yoga as exercise. Balasana is a counter asana for various asanas and is usually practiced before and after Sirsasana.

Balasana is composed of two Sanskrit words “bala” which translates as child, and “asana,” which means pose or seat. Thus, it is commonly known “child’s pose.” The name comes from the fact that it is a pose that resembles a child in a resting position.

How do you do Child's Pose? Step 1 Kneel on the floor with your toes together and your knees hip-width apart. Rest your palms on top of your thighs. Step 2 On an exhale, lower your torso between your knees. Extend your arms alongside your torso with your palms facing down. Relax your shoulders toward the ground.