Baby Cradle Yoga Pose

Lean back and slowly lift your feet off the floor.

Baby cradle yoga pose. Cradle your baby on your legs facing toward you with her bottom on your belly. Getting started with leg cradle pose. You cradle your leg in your arms and rock it in the same movement you would use to rock a baby. The baby cradle pose in yoga is a great hip opening exercise that beginners can perform with the aid of a blanket or block.

Mom can see her baby and baby can see her. Learn more about the baby cradle pose from a professional yoga. Then bring your left hand to hold the sole of your right foot right under your heel and bring your right hand to your outer right knee. Ardha kapotasana half pigeon pose ananda balasana happy baby pose gomukhasana cow face pose.

According to doreen foxwell owner of the childrens school of yoga this is a great bonding pose. If you are just starting out you may find that a folded blanket towel or even a block may be required to support your raised leg. Continue to sit tall lengthening up through your spine. Massages the digestive and reproductive organs.

Leg cradle pose is sometimes called the baby cradle pose. Sanskrit name na. The baby cradle pose is a good hip opening pose. Stretches the hamstrings and calf it massages the internal organs reproductive and digestive systems colon liver and kidneys.

This is a level 1 yoga pose. This is a sitting yoga pose as well as a hip opener. Baby cradle pose is appropriate for beginners but those with limited flexibility may sit on a rolled blanket to keep the back from rounding andor use a yoga block under the lower knee. You can bend your knees if you need to.

In this case youre soothing the tension of tight hips and retraining muscles to move smoothly into more advanced poses and to provide a more stable and effortless meditation seat. The asanas name describes the action of the pose. Baby cradle pose can help to prepare the hips and the lower limbs for yoga poses like. Stretches the muscles of the buttocks.