Ahh, final Savasana. After 90 minutes of meditation in motion, we get to close our eyes and rest in stillness. They say if you’re going to practice just one asana in a day, make it Savasana. That’s how big and healing and necessary it is.
I don’t have a consistent mantra or meditation for my final Savasana and I rarely count my breath. Some days my mind comes on pretty quickly and thoughts become weighty and I have to try again. Try again. Try again. Try again. Meanwhile, my body is doing it’s part to soak up all I learned, maybe even rewire some old thought patterns. So, what drives people to scoop up their mats and run just as my eyes are closing?
Speaking of eyes closing, while driving home today I had to work very hard to keep myself awake. Once safely in the driveway, I went directly to my bed and collapsed. For about 10 minutes I just let myself go. I was thinking then that some mornings I can be the inspiration and other mornings I need the inspiration. In the end, I had an energetic, playful day, but I think tomorrow will be a 4:30p class!
In my practice, I’m trying to remember to keep my own pace with the floor exercises even when class slows down a little to accommodate new people, adjustments, and chatty teachers! This means, after coming out of the sit-up, inhaling to turn around and exhaling to set up for the next posture. I really like this technique because I can tell it helps me finish class much stronger. Also, I want to remember to hold my stomach tight and breathe into the lungs while in Tuladandasana / Balancing Stick.
Tags: Balancing Stick, Savasana, Tuladandasana
the sit-ups themselves give you energy which you can take into the next pose. do them strong, remember the double exhale is at the end and you will be rewarded!
when you practised at home, did you do it with the CD? the pace of the CD with bikram leading class is a lot faster than most classes i’ve had!
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Ahhh final Savasana.
It *does* get a tad annoying when people start talking in the room [hello, outside please!] or leave noisily. But as they say, “Let no one steal your peace”.