Happy baby

Start lying on your back hugging the knees into the chest. Grasp the insides or outsides of the feet. Widen the knees and bring the feet in line with the knees. Make sure that your tailbone stays on the ground to feel most stretch in the legs. Making your shoulders heavy be sure to really hang on your feet. Relax the neck and face. Smile like a baby. 

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Benefits

• Deep opening of the hips

• Stretching the inner thighs and groins 

• Soothes the SI joint and lower spine

• Stretches the spine 

• Eases stress and anxiety

• Improves sleep

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Contra indications  / modifications and prop use

• Tightness: You can hold on to the ankles, shins or backside of the legs instead of the feet or use a strap/belt to hold the feet. 

• It's possible to do one side first and then the other, this is a lot softer for some

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Alternative pose

• Half happy baby ​

• Against the wall