Sitting higher away from the floor gives more room for pelvic and spinal adjustment allowing greater ease of breathing and the freedom to mobilize your pelvis and spine to find better upright.
How to sit on floor more comofrtably.
She runs a hospitality business all the food is laid out on the floor.
For part 2 on squatting click here sitting cross legged on the floor is common in many cultures around the world and has become popular in some segments of modern western societies.
This is the first post in our multi part series on floor sitting.
If a footrest is not available try using a small stool or a stack of sturdy books instead.
Sitting on the ground does your body good.
If you are in pain or great discomfort the only thing you will be meditating on is that.
You can also meditate sitting on a chair.
While high quality scientific evidence is still lacking on the benefits of floor sitting it is becoming a growing trend particularly among people choosing to adopt more minimalist or furniture.
I encourage you to try other poses that may be more comfortable like vajrasana thunderbolt pose sitting on your heels virasana hero pose sitting between your heels or gomukhasana cow face pose.
This druze woman who i met in israel has sat cross legged all her life.
It s a vicious cycle and our bodies pay the price with more stiffness more aches and pains less mobility worse posture and poorer movement among other consequences.
If your chair is too high for you to rest your feet flat on the floor or the height of your desk requires you to raise the height of your chair use a footrest.
One of the most important aspects of a sitting meditation is to be able to sit comfortably without an aching back or legs hurting or going to sleep.
The chair should be firm your back straight and your feet on the floor or supported on a book or.
For more general use like low profile relaxing while you watch a movie or for having an extra seat to offer to guests the classic floor chair design with a plush filling typically memory foam.