Balasana
Bala: Child (bahl-AH-sun-ah)
RELATED ASANAS
Paschimottanasana - Uttanasana - Virasana
ENERGETIC ALIGNMENT
Key Actions: Knees slightly wider than the practitioner’s chest - Sitting bones to heels - 3rd Eye to ground
Apana: Hips and legs rest into the ground.
Samana: Core draws hips to heels
Prana: Breath expands through the heart space and back of the lungs from the hips.
Vyana: Side waists lengthen.
Udana: Spine lengthens.
COMMON MISALIGNMENTS
-Hips don’t meet heels (place bolster or blanket between hamstrings and calves)
-Hunching the shoulders for upper body support (place bolster under torso)
ASANA NOTES AND BENEFITS
coming soon
FOUNDATION ANATOMY
HA/Solar - Contract - Hamstrings, Iliopsoas, Gluteus Minimus
THA/Lunar - Lengthen - Quadriceps (except Rectus Femoris), Adductors, Anterior Deltoids, Erector Spinae, Quadratus Lumborum