shavasana

plural shavasanas · alternative savasana · alternative shavasan

1. countableuncountableyogaA resting pose in which one lies flat on one's back with the arms and legs slightly spread and eyes closed.First known use 19th c.

   Now, Savasana is about relaxation, but what prevents relaxation? Tension.

   2005, BKS Iyengar, Light on Life, page 232

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   There was no way I was going to get sleep unless I did yoga-nidra or shavasan.

   1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 226

   In Savasana, the last pose we did, often one or two of them would fall asleep and snore.

   2007, Darca Lee Nicholson, Body Matters, page 179

   Synonyms: corpse pose