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No one is too madly busy to be quite unable to practise the art
of relaxation at least once a day. Give to it a little of your
time and it will repay you a thousandfold. What about those few
minutes before you get into bed at night? Are you too busy then?

When you have made some progress with Savasana your feet will be
set firmly on the Yoga path. Its great influence will begin to
work for you. As you grow more and more able to smooth away the
tensions in your body you will find that the tensions in your
mind will also become less. Problems which seemed mountainous
will, if you practise and perfect the art of relaxation, be
reduced to a size whereby you can cope with and overcome them.
But to return to you lying on the floor and thinking yourself
into relaxing those tense muscles. What about that mind of yours
running round in circles? What about that eye of yours on the
clock ? What about that nagging worry at the back of your mind
that you should be up and about doing things? No, you are not
really relaxing at all. Let us try again. Let us approach
Savasana from another angle.

I want you to learn to stretch. A simple enough request but, you
may ask, is this Yoga too? Just-stretching? It is indeed. As you
read this book it will become more and more apparent to you that
although Yoga is a Hindu science three thousand years old, a
spiritually based way of life, a contemplative philosophy and a
profoundly dedicated art, nevertheless it has a real and vital
place in modern everyday life, your life. A simple thing like
stretching is as much a part of Yoga as any of the more
complicated postures which I will describe during the course of
this book.

Stretching then. Lie down as before on your back with your legs
and feet together and raise your arms above your head with the
fingers interlaced. Now turn your hands palms upwards and you
will immediately feel the increased stretch along your ribs and
back. Stretch your arms as far above your head as you can and at
the same time point your toes and push them forward so that you
feel the tension in every part of your legs, arms and shoulders.

Concentrate on stretching thus far and when, after practising a
few times, you can fully tense your arms, shoulders and legs
simultaneously, try at the same time to pull in your stomach
muscles, arch your spine, and to complete the picture open your
mouth in a gigantic yawn. You will not make a particularly
aesthetic picture at this moment but remember that Yoga should
always be practised alone and in silence, if possible in secrecy.
It is not a science for the extrovert. So you can go ahead and
pull faces to your heart's content and if no one is any the wiser
you and your health will be all the better for it.

Having stretched every part of your body, suddenly let go.
Remember that you must stretch everything you can to the utmost,
before you let go, so that the ensuing relaxation will be all the
more complete. And when you let go you are once more in Savasana
but this time you should feel much more relaxed. But keep a wary
eye open for those persistent offenders-eyes, lips, teeth, and
tongue. Are you clenching them again? Train your mind to watch
these key points throughout the day not only when you are
practising Savasana, and if you discover that you are clenching
any of your facial muscles be stern with them. As I have
reiterated, they need constant watching but your persistence will
soon be rewarded not only in a new feeling of relaxation but also
in your appearance.

For Yoga is a beauty treatment too. Those little tension lines
around your eyes, lips, and between the eyebrows will not be
given a chance to develop into deep, ineradicable wrinkles. Yoga,
and particularly Savasana is the simple secret of how devotees of
Yoga remain miraculously young looking even when well advanced in
years, for nothing is so ageing as stress. It puts lines on to
the face, sends the eyes back into their sockets, and gives an
ageing droop to the figure. Having approached Savasana from two
different angles, let us try a third.

Yoga, while based on a set of unchanging principles, is not
dogmatic and there is much room for personal preference and
capabilities. Yoga's greatness lies in its ability to recognize
every individual and not lump humanity together as so many other
sciences do.


Article Extracted From "Be Healthy With Yoga" By Sonya Richmond

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