“Relaxation is the single most beneficial thing you can learn to do in this world. So apply even more faith, self-discipline, determination, concentration, and patience to the Dead Body Pose. You are fighting body tension plus guilt and impatience to get to next pose. You are fighting unruly mind that persists in flitting like butterfly. You must learn to make that butterfly sit perfectly quiet after taking nectar from its flower, doing nothing but being beautiful and digesting the nourishment that will make it even more beautiful and better butterfly. You must teach unruly butterfly mind that it is doing very difficult and good thing for itself. Tranquil inactivity of Savasana is full of more active and beneficial living than all the crazy rushing around you people do.”
~ Bikram Choudhury, Bikram’s Beginning Yoga Class
Oh, my friend, relax. Let yourself let go. Whether for 20 seconds or 5 minutes, just turn off your mind and be still.
Savasana is there for a reason. It’s where the magic happens. All kinds of things that you have no idea about are taking place under the surface and behind the scenes. You just have to relax, trust, and let go.
When you let go and let life flow, the world starts working for you instead of against you. Let it happen. It’s well worth every precious second of your time.