Relax yourself in the Shavasana posture
The practice of asanas was originally designed to prepare the body to stay in a still posture for a long time, especially for meditation. The apparent simplicity of Shavasana hides immense benefits and subtleties. It has powerful effects on all levels, from physical health to spiritual understanding.
If you have practiced yoga even once, you must have already done the Shavasana posture. Shavasana or Savasana (Sanskrit for “corpse pose”) is a posture of complete surrender and relaxation that is sometimes done at the end of a yoga session to close the practice. It is essential because it represents a time of pause and abandonment during which, lying on your back, you stay still and completely relaxed, with an empty and peaceful mind. The Savasana yoga pose brings a real feeling of letting go and gives both the body and the mind time to integrate the benefits of the yoga session, eliminate all tensions and recharge your energy. In meditation, it can be used at any time throughout the session, or be a meditation posture by itself.
Why You Should Regularly Practice Shavasana
During those few minutes when you are lying on the floor, you give your body and mind time to absorb the benefits of the practice, no matter if you have just done a hardcore yoga session or if you have just come out of meditation. Wouldn’t it be a shame to deprive yourself of this self-observation and immensely rewarding experience? It is also the moment that brings us closest to meditation: we calm down, we relax, we observe our breathing… It is therefore a natural transition from our practice to our daily life, allowing us not to limit the benefits of our practice to the mat but to take it into our daily activities.
But it’s not just there for yoga and meditation. Energetically speaking, the practice of asanas helps us to undo “knots” that prevent energy from flowing freely in the body. The reclining posture of relaxation allows the energy to flow unhindered. It is a precious gift.
The Benefits of Yoga and meditation
Savasana meditation has many benefits for the body and mind, just like in yoga. Here are a few of them:
- Reduces stress, anxiety and insomnia
- Relaxes your muscles
- Allows you to live more consciously and in the present moment
- Helps you to be more aware of your breath and your body
- Recharges your energy
- Increases your concentration
- Facilitates falling asleep
- Reduces headaches and fatigue
- Reduces blood pressure
How To Do The Shavasana Posture?
Physically entering this pose is not complicated. You should be lying on the floor, if possible on a comfortable yoga mat. Keep your eyes closed. Your back is against the ground, neither arched nor stuck to the ground. Your legs are stretched slightly apart with the toes falling outwards, your arms are slightly apart, palms facing the sky. Breathing should be natural, not forced, and will gradually lengthen, slow down and deepen.
Simple? Not really! The thoughts can come at full speed, the muscles do not want to relax, and the risk of falling asleep is heightened. The main difficulty lies in the concentration brought to the relaxed state. Without ever falling asleep, the consciousness is brought on each limb from the bottom of the body to the top.
You need to feel your whole body and let it sink into the ground. Your mind should be empty. A perfect stillness must be found, allowing for deep relaxation. If thoughts cross your mind, you must then let them pass, without stopping on them. Always go back to your breath.
And if you are pregnant you may not want to lie on your back after the second trimester. This compresses the vena cava, which is not pleasant for you or for the baby. It is then advised to practice Shavasana on the left side. Practice meditation with Yogilab!
Relax yourself in the Shavasana posture
The practice of asanas was originally designed to prepare the body to stay in a still posture for a long time, especially for meditation. The apparent simplicity of Shavasana hides immense benefits and subtleties. It has powerful effects on all levels, from physical health to spiritual understanding.
If you have practiced yoga even once, you must have already done the Shavasana posture. Shavasana or Savasana (Sanskrit for “corpse pose”) is a posture of complete surrender and relaxation that is sometimes done at the end of a yoga session to close the practice. It is essential because it represents a time of pause and abandonment during which, lying on your back, you stay still and completely relaxed, with an empty and peaceful mind. The Savasana yoga pose brings a real feeling of letting go and gives both the body and the mind time to integrate the benefits of the yoga session, eliminate all tensions and recharge your energy. In meditation, it can be used at any time throughout the session, or be a meditation posture by itself.
Why you should regularly practice Shavasana
During those few minutes when you are lying on the floor, you give your body and mind time to absorb the benefits of the practice, no matter if you have just done a hardcore yoga session or if you have just come out of meditation. Wouldn’t it be a shame to deprive yourself of this self-observation and immensely rewarding experience? It is also the moment that brings us closest to meditation: we calm down, we relax, we observe our breathing… It is therefore a natural transition from our practice to our daily life, allowing us not to limit the benefits of our practice to the mat but to take it into our daily activities.
But it’s not just there for yoga and meditation. Energetically speaking, the practice of asanas helps us to undo “knots” that prevent energy from flowing freely in the body. The reclining posture of relaxation allows the energy to flow unhindered. It is a precious gift.
The benefits of yoga and meditation
Savasana meditation has many benefits for the body and mind, just like in yoga. Here are a few of them:
- Reduces stress, anxiety and insomnia
- Relaxes your muscles
- Allows you to live more consciously and in the present moment
- Helps you to be more aware of your breath and your body
- Recharges your energy
- Increases your concentration
- Facilitates falling asleep
- Reduces headaches and fatigue
- Reduces blood pressure
