Day 3 | Get Started | Beginner Yoga Challenge

Welcome to Day 3 of the Get Started beginner yoga challenge!

This yoga challenge is for you, if you’ve wanted to get started, but feel intimidated, unsure exactly where to start. 

Or would like to know what the hell is going on when you go to your first group yoga lesson? 

This yoga challenge is super easy! So no matter how inflexible you think you may be, this ‘Get Started’ yoga challenge is for you.

I won’t be sneaking you to get you into the splits (not yet, joking) I promise! 

You don’t have the time to start yoga. I know its super easy to get off track, you’re busy, I get it! 

So I’ve created a cheatsheet, that you can download straight onto your phone or computer and check each day off. So if you forget, you have this to refer back to. Sign up below:

Day 3

‘Get Started’ Beginner Yoga Challenge

The pose for Day 3 is Balasana or more commonly known as Child’s Pose. 

I love, love this pose, its easy, its comfortable and its accessible for everybody. 

I’d always recommend when you’re very tired to try this pose (if the floor is clean), feel how it can be both soothing and energising too. 

This pose is one of the most common yoga poses, you can also use this pose whenever you’re tired in a yoga class and don’t want to do another downward facing dog. 

If you’re into hot yoga, I’d avoid doing this pose when you’re tired, as having your head down that low in the heat may make you feel dizzy. 

To try this pose, you’ll have to see how your knees are doing, if they’re sore, see if the pose is for you, back away if there’s any pain. 

Sit down in a kneeling position, you can keep your knees together or apart, up to you, stretch the arms out in front of you. 

Instead of doing nothing, make sure to press down into the fingertips and feel the stretch from your hands to your lower back and reeelax *satisfying sigh of relief*.

Each yoga pose that you do has benefits for your body, once you’re more comfortable in your body and more away of it. You’ll certainly feel the mental benefits of trying out yoga.

Here’s a list of benefits for Balasana / Child’s pose.

Benefits:

• It helps release tension in the chest, back, and shoulders.
• It’s recommend to do child’s pose, when you feel dizzy or tired during the day or during your workout.
• Child’s pose helps to reduce stress and anxiety. It’s a very grounding pose, having your forehead down on the mat, is very soothing.
• It helps to massage your internal organs in the body, keeping them active and supple.
• Sukhasana can help to stretch and also helps to lengthen the spine.
• If you do Child’s pose with support on the head and the torso, it relieves pain in the lower back and neck.
• It helps to stretch the ankles, hips, and thighs.
• It promotes blood circulation all throughout the body.
• Child’s pose will encourage you to breathe the right way and calms both the body and the mind.

So give the video above a try and if you enjoyed it, let me know!

Don’t forget to #getstartedyogachallenge if you post this on instagram, so I can see your progress.

Any comments, or questions, let me know in the comments below!