Get Ambitious About Relaxation

At the end of most yoga classes, there’s a designated few minutes of relaxation we call “shavasana,” where student lie on their backs and just rest. In Sanskrit, shavasana translates as “corpse pose” and is meant to be completely passive. Some yogi’s say it’s the hardest yoga pose of all for uswesterners, as passivity is not cherished in our culture and we tend to champion “yang energy” and action much much more. I don’t think it’s the...