By Stephanie Spence
As traditional 90-minute classes give way to hour or in some cases 50-minute long classes, yoga instructors are challenged to alter their classes to fit the condensed timeframe. To accomplish this, important aspects of Real Yoga are being eliminated, such as Savasana. Savasana, arguably the most important yoga pose, is sometimes barely five minutes long. Beginning intentions or grounding into your body, vital to set the tone of your class, is all too often just a roundup of ‘let’s begin’.