The Excellent Savasana – Don’t Sleep, it is really Healthy

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Yoga is a practice of training your body and various systems in your body. But relaxation is must after every practicing session right? Yoga also has a pose which will make you to be relaxed. The relaxation pose in Yoga is called as Savasana. Savasana refers to the corpse pose. ‘Sava’ is Sanskrit term which means corpse and asana is posture. Since the person doing this asana will lie on ground like a corpse, it is named such way. Though it appears so simple, the benefits it gives are really worthy and it is an easy posture to do.

Importance of Savasana

Savasana is absolutely an important practice to be done after every session of practice of other yoga posses. It is much simple to do. A person who does Savasana must lie down on a flat surface (preferably floor) with legs and arms separated at 45 degrees. Now the person must close his eyes and then have to go with dheerga or deep Pranayama. Pranayama is nothing but taking deep breath and holding it for a while and slowly exhaling it. The whole body now is being rested on the floor with the awareness that the chest and abdomen fall and rise for each breath we take. During this practice, all the parts of our body are getting scanned for muscular tensions and if any found will be released consciously or by simple movement of that part. This practice will reduce all the stress in our body. The pose should be released by slow movement of body parts and deep breathes.

Benefits if Savasana

Practice of Savasana will bring you more benefits. Relaxation is always beneficiary. Hence the yoga pose also bring benefits to the person who practice it. Some of the benefits of Savasana are:

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·       The asana will reduce the heart rate and thus will reduce the flow of blood all over the body and hence makes the person to move into a deep relaxing stage.  

•        The rate of respiration is reduced. Thus the lungs will get relaxed from continuous working.

·       It reduces the blood pressure. As mentioned the heart rate is reduced and thus the blood flow is reduced which will have less pressure in the blood vessels.

·       Decreased muscle tension. Since the person in Savasana don’t move even a single muscle, all the muscles in his body will get relaxed.

·       The practice of Savasana will reduce a general anxiety. Hence the mind will get relaxed and the person will feel mentally relaxed.

·       Increases the energy levels. Being still always will save energy. This is applicable for every living thing in the world. Thus the Savasana will help you to raise and store your energy levels.

·       Increases concentration and focus of the person.

·       Decreases fatigue and results you with regular and deep sleep.

The Savasana is a best and easy pose in Yoga. Practicing it daily is really good for us. But make sure that you follow the right procedure to attain the best benefits.