Savasana for Perfectionists: The Ultimate Guide
- Sprawling out in Savasana can feel as close to perfect as you can get.
- but sometimes, it's these moments of striving for perfection that make us a little to "Princess and the Pea" about Savasana.Especially if you let tiny details-a forgotten hair-tie...
- When you think about it, wouldn't it have been better if the princess got used to the pea?
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Imperfections are the greatest teachers.
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Published October 15, 2025 05:44AM
Sprawling out in Savasana can feel as close to perfect as you can get. As a result,you might attempt to curate a perfect experience. Maybe you arrange your arms and legs so they’re precisely equidistant from your body or cover yourself with a blanket, pull it taut, and smoothen it of any wrinkles-and only then can you allow yourself to relax.
but sometimes, it’s these moments of striving for perfection that make us a little to “Princess and the Pea” about Savasana.Especially if you let tiny details-a forgotten hair-tie wrapped around your wrist or one foot turned out more than the other-be enough to derail your end-of-class surrender.
When you think about it, wouldn’t it have been better if the princess got used to the pea? Learning to accept imperfection could’ve taught her how to be calm when things didn’t go as planned. (Not to mention she’d have been an easier houseguest.)
The same principle applies to an “imperfect” Savasana. Perhaps by overindulging our fussiness, we deprive ourselves of an opportunity to get comfortable being just a little less comfortable. Practicing an uneven or asymmetrical Savasana can help with that.
