What’s Savasana For?

Michelle Dowd
5 min readApr 8, 2019
Photo by Shazmyn Ali on Unsplash

“A healer is someone that triggers healing powers within you”

― Thabiso Monkoe

Several years ago, I began practicing yoga at a local gym. I was a busy woman, juggling a full-time ascending career and a burgeoning bundle of children’s activities. I was also battling chronic back pain, so I conceded to what, at the time, was a gargantuan gesture of self-care. I signed up for a yoga class.

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Michelle Dowd

Author of Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult. Visit MichelleDowd.org for more information. Or follow me on Substack.