{"id":935,"date":"2014-06-03T11:36:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T06:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/?p=935"},"modified":"2017-05-09T22:34:20","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T17:04:20","slug":"shashankasana-hare-posure-balasana-childs-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/shashankasana-hare-posure-balasana-childs-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Shashankasana – Hare Posture & Balasana – Child’s Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"

These postures are resting postures for relaxing the whole body. They are used interchangably, and sometimes the names are swapped over which is why I have included them on the same page.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Shashankasana-Hare-Posture\"<\/p>\n

\"Balasana-Childs-Posture\"<\/p>\n

Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Start in Vajrasana (thunderbolt posture)<\/a> – kneeling<\/li>\n
  2. Relax your torso forward over the thighs. You can bring your knees a little apart if this makes it more comfortable for you.<\/li>\n
  3. For Shashankasana (Hare) stretch your arms out infront of you like the ears of a hare<\/li>\n
  4. For Balasana (child’s pose) bring the hands back behind the hips in the way that you may see a child or baby sleeping.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Relaxation of the body<\/li>\n
    2. Calming the mind<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Contraindications:<\/strong>
      \nAs these postures are supposed to be relaxing for the body, if you are finding discomfort or any difficulty in breathing, move to a different position where you can relax.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      These postures are resting postures for relaxing the whole body. They are used interchangably, and sometimes the names are swapped over which is why I have included them on the same page. Steps: Start in Vajrasana (thunderbolt posture) – kneeling Relax your torso forward over the thighs. You can bring your knees a little apart… Read More »Shashankasana – Hare Posture & Balasana – Child’s Posture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[138,134,139,144],"tags":[130,132,131,133,129],"class_list":["post-935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-yoga-postures","category-forward-bends","category-relaxation-postures","category-vajrasana-group","tag-balasana","tag-child-posture","tag-hare-posture","tag-relaxation-posture","tag-shashankasana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2260,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935\/revisions\/2260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pranayoga.co.in\/asana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}