There's No Talking During Savasana!!!!!

The pose you see pictured above may look like a group nap or a scene from The Walking Dead but it's not. It's Savasana, otherwise known as Corpse pose. When I first started practicing yoga I was often tempted to get up and leave during Savasana. I didn't because it's incredibly rude but man did I want to. Lie still? Quiet my body and my mind? Seriously?! Who's got time for all that when there are shoes to buy, dogs to let out and dinner to cook? Lie still?? Ha! (Clearly I was missing the point of yoga.) It's taken time to truly appreciate the pose but the more I learn the more I've embraced and look forward to it. Being a full time parent, having a full time job makes for a very full mind. Taking the time to turn it off and rejuvenate in Savasana, even if it's only five minutes, is one of the best things I do for myself each day. 

Some of my students picked up on the benefits of this pose waaaaaay sooner than I did. I've been teaching two nights a week and I've gotten a couple complaints when it's time to come out of savasansa.  "No...I'm not ready yet..." they'll say. I'm impressed by this and a little jealous. Yoga is something new for most of them. The majority of the class had never attended a formal class. Last week I had to tell someone, in my very best dreamy, yoga teacher voice, "There's no talking during Savasana." That didn't work. She kept right on talking to the gentleman beside her. I smiled inwardly. Ah yes, I've been there. No time to be still. I repeated myself in my Mommy voice. "There's no talking during Savasana!" That did the trick.