Spending time in Happy Baby is great for your hips and lower back. Sure, you might not choose the stretch in a public space outside a yoga class, but the benefits far outweigh the risk of looking a little odd. I spent three minutes stretching with the Happy Baby pose for a week, and here’s what I noticed about my body.
I wouldn’t recommend the stretch on a hard gym floor, so rolling out one of the best yoga mats will help support your lower back and spine. When using Happy Baby dynamically, I’ll move between straightening one leg at a time and both together to release tight hamstrings, or focus on static stretching after a workout to reach more deeply into my hips and relieve lower body tension.
