Rest is very important in so many ways and not just sleep. How do you find rest during your day? This is one reason why I always say that Savasana is the most important pose. Rest is a practice. Today’s practice is to take a 20 minute break during your day to rest. Below I’ve listed the important reasons for Savasana (which you could take this as your practice today) and I’ve also linked to an article by Dr. Will Cole on this topic.

Key benefits of taking time to rest in Savasana include:

• Release: It helps your nervous system release stress and muscular tension. You nervous system comes into a state of rest and digest.

• Rejuvenate: after an energetic practice, Savasana can help ‘reset’ the body temperature, calm the central nervous system and bring the breath back to normal.

• Integrate: it gives your body a chance to absorb the benefits of the practice, enabling you to knit together the body, mind and breath

Dr. Will Cole posted this article on the types of rest that we need.

Take Rest,

Ange