Savasana

Editor’s Note: A savasana is a relaxing position often used to begin and end a yoga session. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

Like many grown-up classes, Iverson's yoga classes for kids also ends with a relaxation pose known as "savasana," which encourages children to breathe deeply, relax and quiet both mind and body. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As we gathered around her bed we tearfully embraced her as she found her final savasana. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

On clear days, the sun would shine in on me during savasana. ❋ Elena Azzoni (2011)

Wear a hoodie or pullover sweatshirt during savasana —the relaxation at the end of practice—to chase the chills while you cool down. ❋ Teri Agins (2011)

So, I asked myself, as I lay in post-shiva-dancing savasana, How can I come to food with a less judging attitude? ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I stretched out for savasana, my muscles were pliant, my thoughts calmer. ❋ Lori Armstrong (2011)

Like in traditional yoga, class ends with a savasana , or a resting pose, but instead of lying on the floor, students cocoon themselves within the hammock. ❋ Jen Murphy (2011)

I begin in tadasana, or mountain pose, as I set my intention, and I end up in savasana, or corpse pose, allowing my mind and body to clear out from a period of extreme labor. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The fast-pace keeps you moving, but the attention to proper alignment, the holistic approach to stretching, resting and a final quiet (savasana) reminded me of how much I loved yoga, and how part of me, now that I'm in this wonderful place, wants to return. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There, he wants to feed you, tone your body, trim your bangs, get you tipsy and coax you into savasana until your vainglorious, workaholic body feels that life is healthy, productive, groomed, deliberate, ordered. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I [laid back] in savasana on my [yoga] [mat]... ❋ LizH (2006)

We did [savasana] in [yoga] [class] last week ❋ Ellen Isag (2019)