#2 September Savasana Series

QUIET

Welcome to the second post in this special series for Savasana September. Last week’s post will be free to view until the end of September 2023. However, this post and future videos in this series will be for paid subscribers, so if you’d like to access the entire collection, you can upgrade (and be in with a chance of receiving a personalised signed copy of my book) here.

“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn. Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven’t the answer to a question you’ve been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you’re alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.” - Norton Juster

This week’s theme for Savasana September is QUIET. (You can catch-up on last week’s theme, STILL here.)

This is the second of four aspects of restorative yoga.

How often do we allow ourselves to embrace quiet? 

We have near constant stimulation nowadays and sometimes we are the ones looking to distract ourselves, afraid of what will come up in our minds if we stop. But in our fast-paced world, inviting some quiet time into our days can be so beneficial for our overall wellbeing. It’s why I don’t play music during savasana (or at all nowadays) in the classes that I teach - for some people that few minutes might be the only silence they have in their day. And when I am practising my 20 minute savasana each day this month I fully, joyfully embrace the quiet. 

Even if it’s just 5 minutes, will you invite some quiet into your day? 

In the second video in this series I guide you through propping options for and variations of Side-Lying Savasana.

Once again I’m using the prop set ups for this pose from my book, Rest + Calm as a reference.

A few reasons you might want to opt for this version of Savasana include:

• If you are pregnant