{"id":891,"date":"2010-01-28T10:48:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T10:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/01\/the-subtext-of-savasana.html"},"modified":"2010-01-28T10:48:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T10:48:51","slug":"the-subtext-of-savasana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/01\/the-subtext-of-savasana.html","title":{"rendered":"The Subtext of Savasana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just this morning as I was lying in savasana at the end of yoga class (the chill-out corpse pose that allows you to integrate the active poses), I&nbsp;kept catching myself thinking about coffee and work and a friend&#8217;s email. And being like, &#8220;Hi, come back to the stillness.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Which is essentially what meditation and yoga are all about&#8211;returning what&#8217;s really&nbsp;happening right now, climbing out of our crazy brains and settling into reality, which, as Byron Katie says, &#8220;Is always kinder than our thoughts about it.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>So it was awesome to see this hilarious&nbsp;video on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yogadork.com\/2010\/01\/27\/savasana-the-movie-what-really-happens-when-quieting-your-effing-mind-videos\/\">Yoga Dork blog<\/a>, created&nbsp;by our friends at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialworkout.com\/\">Social Workout blog<\/a>. Apparently I&#8217;m not the only one with wandery-mind. Check out what&#8217;s really going on when the teacher&nbsp;says to get quiet (think: &#8220;mashed potatoes&#8221;). &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/vm-_LIim5vc&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Like what you see? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\"><font color=\"#023d89\"><strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/embed><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just this morning as I was lying in savasana at the end of yoga class (the chill-out corpse pose that allows you to integrate the active poses), I&nbsp;kept catching myself thinking about coffee and work and a friend&#8217;s email. 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