Hot Yoga Pose Forums > Final savasana
This is the "easiest" pose of the series, yet the hardest for me. The longer the teacher talks and stays in the room the better. As soon as they are out that door, the list starts to flood in and I have to leave. I need to get home, see my kids for a hot second before they go to bed and start getting ready for the next day.
GabbyL
Aye there's the rub, Gabby (oooo a massage after savasana sounds ideal.. Hey we have a Migun massage bed)! The easiest pose for the body is the most challenging for the mind... And that's where the real stretching must take place... And where yoga begins. Thus the final asana in the series is truly the new start. Interestingly called Corpse pose.
.... Could the yogis have been hinting to is about the true meaning of "death"?
Rhonda Uretzky, E-RYT
I used to love this pose and then.... I started taking 530am classes. Unfortunately I need to leave at 7am in order to get to work on time so the second we are on the floor, all I'm thinking is 'I gotta go, I gotta go'. It's awful! Luckily I do take one evening class a week so I'm able to relax in finale savasana. At Dreamcatcher, Dawn gives out these scented lavender eye pillows while playing a song. It's so nice! That's the savasana I love.
HeatherS
Heather, the challenge of Savasana is to bask in it no matter what. Certainly everyone could be thinking about their To Do List once the teacher stops talking (and many do!) but if you can give yourself the gift of Savasana no matter what In the yoga room, imagine what you can do to calm and center yourself during a challenging day at the office. You still love Savasana - and now its teaching you something even more precious.
Rhonda Uretzky, E-RYT
I love when the teacher keeps talking calmly in Savasana. Otherwise, like Gabby said, the mind starts up. I also love teaching this final pose. I know which phrases absolutely melt me and help me to REALLY relax. I hope I can always bring that to class.
LAVENDAR SCENTED EYE PILLOWS!!!!!!!!!! LOVE LAVENDAR!!!!
KimA
Oh Kim I just love lavender too!! That smell is amazing and Dawn uses those eye pillows at Dreamcatcher so we always pass those out during final savasana. It's jsut a wonderful way to rest and relax in those final moments.
HeatherS
Lavender eye pillows? Now thats a nice touch!
In final savasana i love it when the teacher acknowledges everyone for making the time to come to class. Everyone is busy with work, families, responsibilities, time constraints and to hear the teacher say this tells me they respect my time and are appreciative that i am there in class.
I also love to hear that I did something amazing for myself and that i worked my entire body from bones to skin. I close my eyes, hear the teachers voice so soft, gentle telling me all the benefits of class and am so happy to be there in savasana sinking into the Migun rug and letting everything go.
TinaA
Those are such beautiful observations Tina :) Lavender pillows, oh it is lovely. Yes, it is nice to know that you worked your entire body and honor, love, and respect yourself and others in final Savasana. The best place to be and from this place you are ready to go out in the world because you have the strength, ability, and agility to succeed and have the best life ever, The Life of Your Dreams!
Alfia
Savasana is translated as Corpse pose...I wonder if it the yogis laughing at us, noting that humans will only truly know how to relax when we're dead. Otherwise we always feel that we need to be doing something, accomplishing something, adding something, anything to just being. Studies recently showed that people would rather receive an electric shock than to just sit still. In Savasana perhaps the lesson is to just lie still.
Rhonda Uretzky, E-RYT
I did It!! Whoa hooooo! I love taking my deserved 5 mins plus in this pose... i love basking in all my hard work! And it feels great that my body gets to receive all the benefits that I just worked so hard for. and it totally worth mentioning that i want my body to know this restful place, the more i practice the easier it is to enjoy Corspe pose.
Becky
This is the beautiful paradox of Savasana...the more you rest into it, the more you feel fully appreciative of your body. Is it the hard work that makes this pose feel so good or....can you simply decide that relaxing is what you are worthy of anytime, hard work notwithstanding?
Rhonda Uretzky, E-RYT
Final savasana is my attempt at getting me as close to the last limb of yoga, samadhi: bliss.
I feel relaxed but rewarded after all the previous Asanas. I don’t really think of much in this pose. I only hear my breaths. I think I can get my students to believe that they don’t have to do anything to reap benefits in this final pose because the work has been done and they have to trust that the floor under them is holding them up. Letting go with arms and legs limp at my sides allow me to get to this state of mind that at least for next five or even 10 minutes I lie quietly still I’m free and at peace.
maria
And again I agree with Maria. This is it, my brain is finally not working on my laundry list of life, the breath is just coming and I am barely there. I read all the previous posts about how peoples minds wander as soon as the teacher stops talking and I am sadly the opposite, the longer the teacher talks the more out of the zone and frustrated I become. Any suggestions on that?
Paula
I used to be someone who probably only stayed in this pose for a couple of minutes because I was quickly getting to my to-do list as soon as possible. Over time, and especially with this teacher training, I have learned to really cherish these 5+ minutes. I heard a teacher (at a studio in Philly) say last week "you wouldn't work all week then skip pay day--that is what skipping savasana would be like. " Although kind of silly this now makes a lot of sense to me. Final savasana to me truly seals in my practice, and I do feel rather incomplete without it.
Pamela
I read somewhere that Savasana can be the most difficult pose, and I agree--sometimes it is hard to relax and just sink into the mat and still your thoughts. Some days I have to force myself to stay on the mat for 5 minutes after class, but it is so worth it.
irenem
By far my favorite pose. I can stay in Savasana forever. I feel that I look forward to that pose all of the practice. Really want to share that with my students- once the body is completely relax, prana can float freely through the body, healing and rejuvenating it. The tension in the body prevents the flow and causes the decease and degeneration...Lets relax and be young and healthy:))
Irina
Final SAVASANA where all the magic happens by relaxing your entire body and mind! I like to hear he teacher thank me, and that worked my body bones to skin and I should take some time to appreciate my self for doing so. And thanking me for joining me in my practice and sharing this space with them allowing them to teach. Namaste. NOW I also have another thought - Yoga NIdra - I remember at the beginning of every class we were asked to set out intentions and then in final savasana it would automatically come back to me! Well with yoga Nidra I would like to start the class informing my students about Sankalpa - “what desire would you like to have fulfilled…with love, career, family, have a sense of well being,” And then ending class in final SAVASANA hopefully get to a state of bliss and we receive all our answers when we are in silence…I love that! I am so grateful that today i have that silence! And this TT has brought me to a new level! I am forever grateful for this practice, Riverflow - The 1 place i could always feel at home and at ease, and most importantly I am grateful for you Rhonda, from the bottom of my heart I thank you and I appreciate you…And we aren’t even done yet….this is the only schooling that I did not want to end!
Lisa N
You are most welcome, Lisa...Riverflow is your home! Yes, you can talk about Sankalpa at the start of Yoga Nidra...and also introduce it in your personalized Final Savasana ( however not in the INTRO...everything you add takes time and we want to finish at 65 minutes max!)
Rhonda Uretzky, E-RYT
This is the pose you've been waiting for and looking forward to throughout the last 90 minute sand 26 asanas - why is it so hard to lie still and let go? How can you help your students to believe that they are doing a world of good for themselves by doing nothing at all? How do you convince yourself?