Shavasana

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It is interesting how various asanas become "favored"

or "disfavored" as one continue to practice. I've been

thru "loving" and, shall we say, "loving less" most every one of the

first series postures in the last few years, but somehow shavasana

has escaped this pattern, until now that is. I always kind of

enjoyed the restfulness of the asana, the feeling of having

completed a nice practice, though I kind of struggled a bit to keep

my mind clear quiet and present rather than planning my next meal or

just ruminating with the busy monkey-brain. But recently, guided by

the fact that it is "corpse" pose, I take a mindframe that soon this

body will not be animated any longer, and I find I can become

more "corpselike", not as creepy as it sounds, I become truly still

and let my breath become tiny and shallow, I let my body experience

as best as possible its future pose when I am done with it, somehow

this perspective allows my mind to quiet and still, I now find

shavasana to be the most illuminating of asanas.