Savasana and its Importance

What is Savanasana?
Savasana is a lying down in corpse pose and relax completely. Sava means corpse, and lying down in that position relaxing the whole body and mind, is called savasana.. It is a great relaxation technique by being motionless, but your mind is fully conscious. We have to take care however not to use Savasana as an opportunity to drift off into a dream state or even to sleep.

How to do Savasana?

Usually Savasana is done after the practice of yogasanas. By then your body will be completely tired. 
Many yoga students leave at this stage without spending extra 10 minutes for the Savasana. Savasana is helping you to remove all the aches and pains from your body and gets back to normalcy, and it is a very important pose of yogasana. 

1.Lie flat on your back with legs outstretched like a corpse, and leave your hands loose sideways away from your body..
2. Keep your heels of the feet together with toes apart.
3. Close your eyes as if you are sleeping.
5. Take a deep breath and exhale it slowly and concentrate on your breath. Repeat this process three times.
6. Observe your breath and see that it comes to normal.
7. Now relax your whole body part by part, starting from the feet. Tell in your mind 'relax my feet' 2-3 times, and concentrate on your feet. Likewise, tell in mind about each part of your body till the head, and concentrate that part properly.
 8. By now your whole body gets relaxed and feels very light.
9. In this stage, your mind may start thinking about various things, but that should not be allowed. Disperse all thoughts from your mind and leave it completely empty.
10. Take a deep breath and chant "Aum" loudly. Repeat  it three times. Now you will feel the waves of "Aum" passing all over your nerves, which will give you a great feeling.  Experience this blissful feeling for about 2-3 minutes.
11. Then slowly shake your hands and legs to come back to normal position. 
12. Keep your right hand backward and left hand on the chest, and then slowly to the right and then lie down in Makarasana for 2 minutes. Then slowly sit up in vajrasana position.