About Yoga

Shavasana is a wonderful relaxation technique which manages stress and gives many benefits of mental and physical relaxation.
Shava is a dead body. In this asana, we assume a still and stable posture just like a dead body. So it is called Shavasana.

Benefits
• Physical:
•	As shavasana is a wonderful relaxation technique, it is useful for a number of psychosomatic diseases like hypertension or problems such as heart disease, colitis or irritable bowel syndrome
• Mental:
•	Shavasana leads to relaxation and meditative state.
• Pranic:
•	Affects ajna chakra.

Techniques:
1. Lie supine on the ground with legs six to nine inches apart from each other. Keep the heels inwards and toes out. Keep both the hands three to six inches away from the body, palms facing the roof, keep fingers relaxed.
2. Keep the neck relaxed and turn the head slightly to your right or left, Keep the eyes closed.
3. After you reach this final position, don`t move your body in any manner for a few minutes. Close your eyes and maintain your awareness throughout the practice.
4. Beware of your natural breath and allow your breath to flow freely and naturally, without any mental or physical efforts.
5. Take autosuggestion and shifting awareness from toes to head one by one, imagine relaxation of the different parts of your body one by one.
6. Initially you can take the help of your teacher for suggestions. When you suggest yourself to relax parts of your body one by one, be aware of that part of your body and feel the change in your body allowing it to continue. Even if you feel a slight pain or strain in that part of your body which you are imagining as relaxed, just be with change and allow the change to continue.
7. Maintain the final posture as long as you wish to.