A yoga instructor reveals four ways to make child's pose feel even better

Man doing yoga at home on a blue yoga mat. He is kneeling with his head down and arms stretched out in front of him, palms face down on the mat. A blue yoga block and open laptop are on the floor in the foreground. The man is wearing gray yoga pants and a dark green vest top. He has sleeve tattoos on his left arm. .

Child's pose is a resting yoga posture and one of our recommended yoga stretches for beginners, allowing for a gentle release across the back, hips, shoulders, neck and head. However, not everyone finds it so relaxing all of the time. I know I’ve wriggled around in it, struggling to find a comfortable position to release into.

"Often child's pose can be uncomfortable for beginners," says Nicole Wood, master trainer at YogaSix. "To better support your body there are lots of prop options."