As wellness practitioners, the goal of our treatments is for people to come off of the table or out of the chair in a relaxed and joyful state of mind and body. Bliss may be a by-product feeling in this process. But, more important from our perspective is that they leave the spa to go out and meet people and whatever events they may next face with greater clarity, kindness, and ease. An essential aspect of every treatment to accomplish this is for people to be able to naturally enter into a more restful state of being. Some may think of this as falling asleep. But, really, it is more like the savasana process of yoga.
A Restful Pose
Translated literally, savasana is known as the “corpse” pose. It is the one pose that many people who do what I would call “gym yoga” don’t do. When it comes to this part of a class, many achievement-driven folk get up to go work on weights, etc. They don’t see the point. But, in truth, savasana is the most important pose of the class. It is about integrating fully all the other postures you have done. Thus not only is it restful, it ensures that the next time you do yoga, you will do all the other postures that much better. So, achievement driven folks, take note! Doing nothing does something good.
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