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Always a favorite pose!
"In the sacred silence of Savasana," Judith Hanson Lasater wrote in "Meditation Intensive," "it is the only time in the day I'm doing nothing and creating nothing, serving no one outwardly, but serving everyone inwardly by bringing myself to that state."
Shavasana, written also as Savasana and शवासन, translates to Co**se Pose. (Śava means co**se, and Asana means posture.) The pose's roots extend deep into yoga tradition. In the 15th century, it appeared in the "Hatha Yoga Pradipika," a Sanskrit manual on yoga: "Lying down on the ground supine, like a co**se," as the text has been translated, "is called Shavasana. It eliminates tiredness and promotes calmness of the mind."
Shavasana offers us a moment of pause, a place to come back to ourselves—mind, body, and spirit.
What does Shavasana mean in your practice? Tell us in the comments.
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