{"id":550,"date":"2016-09-20T14:57:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T09:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/?p=550"},"modified":"2026-10-28T06:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T06:55:48","slug":"benefits-of-happy-baby-pose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vinyasayogaacademy.com\/blog\/benefits-of-happy-baby-pose\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Baby Pose Benefits: Bring Yourself Back To Being A Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“In the stillness of Ananda Balasana, we do not create joy. We uncover it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Guru Yogi Vishnu Panigrahi<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We know the picture you may have, just as you hear the name of this asana<\/em>, would be of a laughing or smiling child<\/strong>, or maybe you in this pose but that\u2019s not it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a yoga <\/strong>asana<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>that asks for no extraordinary strength or alignment. It just asks you to lie down, let your knees fall open, and breathe. Children do this naturally. Watch a baby lying on the floor and you will almost always find them pulling their feet to the sky and swaying them gently, unbothered by the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Baby Pose<\/strong> brings that same ease back to you, no matter how long it has been since you last felt it. If you had ever held it for even thirty seconds, you\u2019d know exactly why it earned its name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Exactly Is Happy Baby Pose?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Happy Baby Pose<\/strong>, or Happy Child Pose<\/strong>, is a floor-based, supine posture in yoga <\/strong>(you lie on your back). It is sometimes called the Extended Happy Baby Pose <\/strong>or the Full Happy Baby<\/strong>, though they are not much different technically. The Sanskrit name most commonly linked to this family of asanas is Ananda Balasana<\/em><\/strong>, which translates directly to ‘Blissful Child Pose<\/strong>.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Happy Baby pose yoga<\/strong>, you draw both legs up toward the sky, flex your feet so the soles face the ceiling, and hold the outer edges of your feet or ankles. Your knees stay wide, extending toward the armpits. And your lower back<\/strong> presses into the mat gently, while the spine is long and the face is relaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Baby Pose vs. Child\u2019s Pose: What\u2019s The Difference?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While both poses are comforting hip-openers named after childhood, they interact with gravity in opposite ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n