What My Savasana Sounds Like

I have been doing yoga for what feels like a lifetime, but has only been three years! It is something that I look forward to doing every week, not only because it helps keep me fit, but also because it helps align my body, mind, and soul. Yoga has pushed me to be the best version of myself that I can be. It teaches you how to focus, how to keep your mind centered, and how to forget about the outside world for the time that you are in the studio. For years, I would go to yoga and try to sneak my way out before savasana. I hated that time. I didn’t know how to surrender. I had a list a mile long of things I needed to do and places I wanted to be instead. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I really made the commitment to give yoga my all and commit to every part of the practice, including savasana. Instead of silencing my mind, I used this time to recite my gratitude, and then one day the surrender happened and I floated away. Here is what my savasana sounds like in my mind: Thank you bodyrnThank you mindrnThank you for strengthrnThank you for disciplinernThank you for willpowerrnThank you for showing up!rnI am grateful for this dayrnI am grateful for this momentrnI am grateful for yogarnI am grateful for my teachersrnI am grateful for knowledgernI am grateful I am growingrnI am grateful my body moves with ease and flowrnI am grateful I am healthyrnI am grateful my mind is clearrnThank you for another chance to inspire and be inspiredrnThank you for lovernThank you for guidancernThank you for everything! I say this in my head as I lay on my mat. All of my thoughts of the outside world slowly slip away, and I am left with me, myself, and my mind. I never used to like being alone with my thoughts. I didn’t like what went through my mind. I was negative. I didn’t like sitting still. I wanted to do yoga and then leave when the mindfulness part began. However, when I shifted my focus and my mindset, savasana became a whole lot easier for me. I actually started to look forward to this part of the yoga practice. I was no longer dreading it, but finding myself excited for it. It wasn’t because savasana all of a sudden changed and I liked it now. It was because of my mind shift. It was because I started to be grateful for this practice and what it taught me. Being grateful can change anything and EVERYTHING. Give it a try. Your body, mind, and soul will thank you!