Balasana yoga

bālāsana = bāla (child) + āsana (pose) All Child Pose, Balasana, Yin Yoga Child Pose (Balasana), Mouse Pose Level Beginner Position Type Sanskrit Pronunciation Play Audio (Sorry, your browser does not support playing audio files.) Chakras Crown Chakra (Sahasrara Chakra) , Third Eye Chakra (Ajna Chakra) , Solar Plexus (Manipura Chakra) , Sacral Chakra (Swadisthana Chakra) , Root Chakra (Muladhara Chakra) Doshas (Ayurveda) Pit ta , Kapha Elements Thought , Light , Fire , Water , Earth Meridians Tags Are you a yoga teacher? List of • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • My Sequences Are you a yoga teacher? Try • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Children are always known to be closer to divinity and there are many references to God in the form of a child in Indian classical texts. In one of the most sacred and ancient Indian scriptures - Bhagavata Purana - there are stories of Lord Krishna from his childhood which beautifully depict both his human (through the lightness of childhood) and divine nature (the higher calling). In one such story, Krishna and his brother Balaram were playing in the courtyard. Suddenly Krishna took a handful of soil and ate it. Balaram saw this, ran to their mother Yashoda and informed her about Krishna’s mischief. Even though Krishna’s face was covered with soil, he refused to accept that he ate it when Yashoda confronted him. She asked him to open his mouth and to her wonder, instead of mud, she saw the whole universe with different galaxies floati...