Remember the last time you were up close, personal and intimate with the Earth? It may have been when you were a child. Daydreaming, starring up at the world and sky above you or lying on the belly taking a bugs-eye view of the world. Remember the sensations you felt? How the Earth seemed to cradle and nurture and in some ways heal and comfort whatever ailed you.

In Savasana, corpse pose, one lies mindfully on the Earth, tuning into quiet simplicity, inviting the feet to fall outward, the arms to rest by the side of the body, palms facing upward, and fully releasing one’s body into the pull of Earth’s gravity.

Lying mindfully on the Earth allows us to reconnect with nature, to fill our back body with the energy of the Earth while inviting our front body to reach to the sky. It is here that a convergence of two energies takes place, the feminine, yin energy of the Earth and the masculine, yang, energy of the sky.

We instinctively know how to guide our body towards optimal health. Have you ever wondered why we go lie down when we don’t feel well? When we allow the body to rest horizontally, we make the most contact with the Earth. Thus, allowing blood to flow throughout the body, increasing expansion through the chest and organs, and inviting a more spacious vehicle for air and prana to flow throughout our being.

In yoga classes and therapeutic yoga sessions, we end the practice with Savasana, not just to seal, but to heal. It is in stillness, non-doing and non-striving that we find a balanced integration with our action, doing and striving. Choose to take time daily for lying mindfully on the Earth.

(c) Namasteworks Yoga + Wellness, LLC. Nancy Levenson, Highlands Ranch, CO http://www.namasteworksyoga.com