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Early comments[edit]

Have added citation requests. This article makes medical claims relating to this position, and so it should have citations to suppose such claims.83.244.153.18 (talk) 14:55, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"29 to 39 minutes"? I suspect a typo for "20 to 30 minutes". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.181.25.30 (talk) 22:55, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There should be more information in the “Etymology” section? Seems too short for the introduction to an article. Abbeyhayford (talk) 21:48, 24 February 2017 (UTC)Abbeyhayford[reply]

Stylistic Revisions[edit]

Delete the commas in the list of benefits
There should be more of an introduction for the “Benefit” section for clarity
“Contraindications & Cautions” title taken directly from another site, I would advise a rewording
Grammar issues throughout (misplaced commas, semicolons, periods)
Style revisions needed in the “Description” section
Non Neutral POV in many parts of article
Uses opinion words such as “claims”
Organization issues throughout benefit section

-need to have more information under each subheading -need more content under integration or else combine with another subheading

First sentence in “Contraindications & Cautions” contains a metaphor with no relation to the topic; not a paper or essay but an encyclopedia, therefore remove for clarity

Abbeyhayford (talk) 21:48, 24 February 2017 (UTC)Abbeyhayford[reply]

Tightening this article[edit]

WP:NOT instruction manual style replaced, temporary //onlyinclude// tags added for part-article transclusion, tighten syntax/grammar; remove sentence about encdocrine glands and chakras as not relevent here, and not ref'd after 13 months tagged.

Remove 2 external links: one to a blog site, both highly commercialised, and neither reliable: WP:EL,WP:RS.

Reliable refs still required for statements in text. Trev M (talk) 20:38, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Savasana vs Shavasana[edit]

I believe that using the roman characters savasana is incorrect. The pose name written in devanagari is शवासन, transliterated using IAST is śavāsana. ś is a voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant, and is pronounced like the sh in shin. By spelling it savasana, the s is implied to be a voiceless alveolar sibilant, like s in sip. This changes the sanskrit meaning of the word (savasana - सवासन - flower juice pose). This would be the same as writing shave as save - it changes the meaning. The proper spelling without diacritics should be shavasana, so that the word is pronounced correctly when read.

David (talk) 15:05, 16 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved to Shavasana, uncontested Mike Cline (talk) 01:26, 26 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Savasana → Shavasana – The proper spelling without diacritics should be shavasana, so that the word is pronounced correctly when read. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Savasana for more info David (talk) 06:43, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.