Savasana (corpse pose)
Did you know that relaxation does not mean sleep . Relaxation means to be blissfully happy . It has no end . I call bliss, absolute relaxation . Sleep is a different matter . Sleep only gives the mind a sense of relaxation . Bliss relaxes the soul , the inner self .
Relaxation is a learnt skill , an art . As a Yoga teacher I like to finish all my classes with time to practice this art . I see the positive effects this time has on students . I also see how challenging it can be for some students to really allow themselves to have this time at the end of the class , time being still .
I am greatly motivated to find the individual key for those challenged students . Sometimes it is as simple as working them so hard in class they just surrender to stillness. Others it takes more time to observe them , to investigate what it is preventing them .
Teaching Relaxation at the end of my yoga classes is such an amazing thing to pass on to people who live such busy, demanding lives . I hope Students who come to Paddington Yoga & You classes, or those students that i go to their homes and teach one on one private classes to will forever utilize the skills of relaxation that have been handed down to me from my yoga teachers .
