I read somewhere about Smile Meditation and came up with an interpretation for Savasana. If if feels weird to smile while you lie down in Savasana consider that the act of smiling releases serotonin and endorphins. It’s guaranteed to make you feel good. Here’s how it goes:

- Get into Savasana pose and take a few deep belly breaths. Relax your body into the mat and focus your attention inward.
- Smile just a little. It doesn’t have to be a toothy grin, just a little smile that you can hold without effort.
- Feel that smile radiate into your body. Inhale the smile into your lungs. Smile at your heart. Smile with gratitude at your kidneys, your stomach, your liver (right side ;-) ). Smile at your bones and your muscles.
- Give your smile a color and feel the color spread from your head down into your torso, down your arms to the fingertips, down your legs to your toes.
- Relax further as you feel the color permeating warmth into your skeleton and muscles. Feel your body sink deeper into the mat.
- Immerse yourself in the feeling of being completely calm, still, safe, relaxed for as long as you like.
- When you’re ready to transition, deepen your inhales a little, make your exhales long.
- Bring tiny movement back to your fingers and toes.
- Roll over onto your right hand side and pause for a couple of breaths.
- Come back up to sitting.

While we usually appreciate our bodies for what they can do or how far they can stretch, Smile Meditation seems like a good way to be grateful for our bodies just because.