shavasana

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English

Shavasana, the resting pose.
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Etymology

From Modern Sanskrit शवासन (śavāsana), from शव (śava, “corpse”) + आसन (āsana, “asana”).

Pronunciation

Noun

shavasana (countable and uncountable, plural shavasanas)

  1. (yoga) A resting pose in which one lies flat on one's back with the arms and legs slightly spread and eyes closed.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 226:
      There was no way I was going to get sleep unless I did yoga-nidra or shavasan.
    • 2005, BKS Iyengar, Light on Life, page 232:
      Now, Savasana is about relaxation, but what prevents relaxation? Tension.
    • 2007, Darca Lee Nicholson, Body Matters, page 179:
      In Savasana, the last pose we did, often one or two of them would fall asleep and snore.

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