Savasana Meditation — An experience of Absolute stillness

Meditation is a purely subjective experiential knowledge. Great Sages have tried hard to describe their higher experiences to us. But none of them have described them completely. Because the experiences that you get from meditation are subjective and are beyond all descriptions.

Meditation is a unique experience, that one must approach with boldness and with an open mind. Just experience the state with full awareness without analyzing or resisting the experience.

The meditative state is a no-thought state. The intense meditative state can be acquired only when we are comfortable with the meditation pose for a longer duration of time. One such comfortable and easiest technique of meditation is Savasana or Shavasana.

Why Savasana for meditation?

Savasana is a classical meditation technique for relaxation. There are several stages in meditation. One has to go through these stages to reach the final state of no-thought awareness.

There are a lot of poses followed by people, during their meditation session. But the poses other than Savasana, introduce discomforts. In the case of sitting pose, people lose interest in meditation because of their inability to sit in one pose for a longer duration. This leads to a subsequent lack of motivation and will make meditation a boring affair.

Effects of meditation become evident only after several months of consistent practice. So, it becomes important for you to choose a pose for meditation, which does not strain your body much. The discomfort does not permit you to transcend body awareness and leaves you back fighting against the pains in different body parts.

Savasana is a very comfortable position that allows you to be in the posture for a long period without any discomfort or pain. Thus you can easily transcend body awareness, followed by mind awareness, and subsequently, experience a thought-free state.

Added features of Savasana for meditation

• One can learn and practice the Savasana very easily and regardless of their age.
• The mind reaches the inner state of meditation in less amount of time through Savasana.
• One starts to enjoy the meditation session over some time and thereby, starts developing a taste for it.

Savasana gives early experience and a taste of success in meditation. Early success in meditation gives a source of inspiration for the long term. As no thought awareness grows, the inner joy also grows proportionately.

Initially, we are likely to fall asleep. But after consistent practice, it automatically reduces and increases the awareness.

The yoga Nidra meditation is a truly relaxed state and deeply refreshing in itself. The corpse pose will improve your sense of physical and emotional well-being.

Things to be taken care of while practicing Savasana

• Wear loose-fitting clothes
• Tie your long hair
• Use a yoga mat
• Before practicing, do active asanas or exercises to stretch, open and release tension in the muscles
• Maintain a distraction-free environment
• You can use props like a chair or rolled blanket for supporting your back and head

How to do Savasana?

• Lie down on your back with feet apart and hands apart at 45 degrees.
• Squeeze all parts of the body one by one and relax.
• Gently inhale with a longer exhale.
• Adjust your pose for the final adjustment.
• Scan every external and internal part of the body one at a time and relax.
• Calm down yourself.
• Begin to connect with the silence and stillness.
• Relax, Relax, Relax by watching your thoughts as a third person does.
• When you are ready to end your Savasana, slowly move your body and stretch yourself.
• Roll to your right side, then slowly move into a seated position.

Health Benefits of Savasana

• Calms your nervous system
• Stimulates the Muladhara chakra, by which your stability for personal growth increases
• Reduce Blood Pressure, anxiety, and insomnia
• Reduce Vata dosha (imbalance of air)
• Improves clarity with a feeling of connection
• Gain a new perspective under stressful situations
• Enhance Mindfulness
• Reduce negative emotions
• Increase imagination and creativity
• Increase patience and tolerance

Savasana, an ultimate asana for meditation

Even the slightest point of discomfort can be endlessly distracting. The pose followed in Savasana gives early inner state experience and a taste of success in meditation.

Half an hour of Savasana is akin to four hours of good sleep. The easy pose of Savasana leads to a consistent practice of meditation, thereby improving your health a lot.