Lala Salama and Other Savasana Readings

By: Colleen Anne Torianne

"Lala Salama" means sweet dreams in Swahili. "Lala Salama and other Savasana Readings" is a collection of dream stories for yogis. We practiceyoga deeply, mindfully and mark the end of our sessions in a special place we call savasana. Experienced yogis often value this pose above all others, but while savasana might look as easy as the nap-time of our kindergarten years, it can be quite challenging for many of us. There's no magic off-switch for minds and bodies accustomed to ever and always achieving.When I first started practicing yoga I had neither time nor patience for savasana. As I practiced a bit more savasana became a riddle: the more I wasdetermined to get it the less I got it. Active imagination, not determination, helped me channel a busy brain to begin to allow, accept and be. I used time in savasana to let my mind wander. As I traveled in space and time, I imagined alternate realities and a certain indefinable, yet calming sense of my place in the universe began to emerge. I have always been a day dreamer and adoodler so I began putting on paper words and images inspired by my personal savasana experiences. These pages are full of the kind of hope, wonder and even naivet? we may have been encouraged to give up long ago but need to nourish the child within for a healthy sense of grounding, wisdom and power.Dream with the mind and breath and body, dream big, dream in color, dreamon and off the mat. The world doesn't need more of us doing the same things in the same ways; the world needs more of us imagining new ways of doing new things. The world needs more dreamers. Namaste.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542876931
• ISBN13: 9781542876933
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"