Savasana

I’ve been attending yoga classes each Sunday afternoon.  I am finding them challenging physically but very refreshing emotionally. I feel ready for the week after each class.

My favorite time in yoga is Savasana.  It is at the end of the class, a  pose of total relaxation. Our yoga instructor comes around and rubs oil on our shoulders, allowing us time to reflect on the work we’ve done that hour.

I like this time because it literally means to die to self and look ahead to rebirth.  I like feeling my body lying there, feeling all the muscles relaxed and heated after doing many hard poses that hour. I like the idea of reflecting on my body and mind, on what I should keep for the week and what I should discard. 

Yoga is growing on me. It’s not been an easy class for me.  Many of the poses require me to sit in them for long periods of time.  I am used to action, motion, running.  Standing still and working hard is good for my soul.  I am growing into this idea of checking in with myself.  I should do it more often.