02/24/2026
✨This is just my opinion ✨
I feel a lot of teachers today are so focused on fitting in as many asanas and transitions as possible that savasana becomes an afterthought.
We plan the flows. We plan the peak poses. We plan the playlists.
But are we planning the rest?
I truly believe students deserve more than a one-minute “drive-by” savasana. Stillness isn’t the extra, it’s the integration. It’s where everything they created space for energetically actually has a moment to settle.
What I’ve noticed is that when students are used to short savasanas, longer ones can make them restless. There’s urgency to sit up, grab phones, move on. And that says a lot about how uncomfortable we’ve become with simply being.
I’ve heard the argument that “it’s only a 60-minute class, so we have to pack it in.” But I personally think we should be weaving in at least five intentional minutes at the end, not five minutes of cooldown and thirty seconds of rest.
I’m genuinely curious:
Do you think 1–2 minutes is enough? Or should we be planning more space for rest, regardless of class length?
