The Untold Story Behind Shavāsana: The Death That Changed Everything

Let's Talk Yoga

Arundhati Baitmangalkar

Business, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 568 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Discover the deeper meaning of Shavāsana beyond just lying down at the end of class. I share two powerful mythological stories that reveal how this pose symbolizes surrender, rebirth, and transformation, and why it deserves as much respect as any peak pose in your yoga practice. Episode Highlights: Reflecting on the popularity of mythical pose stories and listener feedbackWhy Shavāsana is misunderstood and often rushed through in modern yogaOrigin of the term and its deeper meaning: corpse a...

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome to another episode of the Let's Talk Yoga podcast. I'm Arundati and I have
0:06.2	absolutely enjoyed all the messages and emails that you have sent me about episode 193, the mythical
0:14.7	story behind Vira Badrasana, the story behind Warriors' bows, about rage, devotion and love.
0:21.8	I created that episode not knowing if it would land and if you would find stories like
0:26.8	that interesting.
0:27.8	And so many of you have asked for me to do more mythical stories behind poses.
0:33.3	And that's why I'm back with another pose today.
0:36.0	But before I get into my storytelling mode, please remember to be on my monthly newsletter.
0:41.6	I just sent one out yesterday.
0:44.3	I send a newsletter out every month.
0:46.9	And it has all the podcasts curated, some new blog posts that I write each month and a whole
0:52.6	bunch of other things including any free
0:54.8	resources,
0:56.4	workshops,
0:57.4	as well as any paid courses that are coming up.
1:00.0	So all of that is available on the newsletter.
1:02.4	You can find the link to sign up for that in the show notes as well as in the podcast
1:07.3	description.
1:08.2	So are you ready for another story about a pose?
1:11.7	Let's get to it.
1:15.7	Hi everyone.
1:16.9	I'm Arundati and you've just tuned in to the Let's Talk Yoga podcast,
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