Yoga Corpse Pose

Corpse Pose Meditation
This restful pose, called savasana in Sanskrit, provides a calming and centering ending to your yoga practice. This is when you allow all that you’ve just done to “soak in.” Set your Zen Meditation Timer to 15 minutes.  Spend at least 10 to 15 minutes in corpse pose, lying on your back with your palms facing up. Use this meditation on the four elements to focus the mind and body.

Earth: Sense the earth supporting you and absorbing all unnecessary tension. Feel yourself being cradled by the ground beneath you, relaxed and breathing deeply.

Wind: Feel yourself being bathed by the wind, carrying your prayers and intentions on its wings while blowing away any nagging thoughts that come to mind.

Fire: Visualize a ring of fire surrounding you from a safe distance, protecting you from any threatening external forces and sealing in the energy from your practice. Picture yourself casting all unwanted tension and worry into the flames of that fire.

Water: Imagine a gentle rain cooling and purifying you, washing away all fears and anxiety, relaxing and refreshing you. Feel yourself floating in warm water, totally protected and balanced.

Four Elements: Visualize each of these four elements moving through you from the tips of your toes to your crown and back again. See this as a beautiful, spiritual, energizing flow of energy. Feel it balancing all of your internal systems and boosting your immune system in positive, healthy ways.

adapted from Wholeliving Magzine, July/August 2005 by Terri Trespicio

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