Embracing the Dark Season: The Healing Power of Savasana and Letting Go

As we soften into November, mortality has been occupying my mind.

Post Samhain celebrations and the acknowledgment of the cyclical nature of life and death, we have now passed into the dark season. As I become anxious about elderly parents and my own creaking bones, I’ve consciously leaned into the concept of practicing a "good death” in the spirit of living a life more fulfilling. I've recently revisited study of The Tibetan Book of the Dead, essentially an instruction in the most ultimate actions of letting go, death itself. A way to practice this art now is through Savasana or corpse pose. Often quoted as the most important pose in yoga, it marks the end of the practice, inviting whole release and completion. After every “good” savasana there is a moment to return refreshed to a new life. As some of our creature friends hibernate and the nights continue to draw in, come practice a deeper, more restorative Savasana at Oca with me.

Love Yee