Philosophy & lineage2 min read · Sep 24, 2024
Why Rest Is Not a Reward: Unlearning the Guilt of Savasana
We are taught to treat non-doing as something earned. An inquiry into rest as a birthright rather than a prize.
Elena Vance
Somatic movement director & lineage guide
Watch any class approach savasana and you will see it: people rolling up mats, checking phones, slipping out. Rest feels optional because we have been taught it must be earned by effort first.
The old texts describe rest as a return to what is always here beneath effort. Try it this week: stay in savasana for a full ten minutes, and notice the voice that insists you have not done enough to deserve it.
— Elena Vance
