What is extended in savasana?

• A. Extend your legs long and allow your arms to rest by your sides
• B. Bend your knees
• C. Sit up tall
• D. Stand up

Answer: (A)

In savasana, the goal is to release tension and lengthen the body to signal deep relaxation. The cue to achieve this is to extend your legs long and allow your arms to rest by your sides. Keeping the legs extended helps lengthen the spine and release the muscles of the hips and hamstrings, while arms resting by the sides lets the shoulders soften and the chest stay open for easy breathing. Bending the knees, sitting up tall, or standing up would keep muscles engaged and pull you out of that relaxed, grounding state. So extending the legs and letting the arms rest by the sides best fits savasana.