How to do Happy Baby Pose
- Draw both knees toward your chest, keeping your head resting on the mat.
- Open your knees wider than your ribs and hold the inner arches of your feet.
- Turn your soles toward the ceiling and bring your ankles roughly above your knees.
- Press your feet lightly into your hands as your knees settle toward your sides.
- Let your pelvis stay heavy on the mat rather than curling your tailbone upward.
- Leave space along your waist so your lower back is not compressed into a tight curl.
- Let your shoulders rest on the mat and your elbows bend outward.
- Rest the back of your head and look toward the ceiling.
- Release your grip and bring your knees together over your belly.
Benefits
Happy baby is a supported way to explore movement at your hips.
Further reading: Happy Baby PoseVariations
Hold behind your thighs instead of your feet so your head and pelvis can stay down.