The reason why you have hard time could be for a few reasons.
How to sit with crossed legs on floor.
You can make a subconscious decision to cross your legs or lock your ankles but sitting with straight legs works best for most situations.
If you choose to sit cross legged it is important to have your knees level with or below your hips.
Get on your hands and knees with your hands at shoulder width apart.
See also anatomy 101.
The pose with your knees spread to the side shows that you are physically open to new ideas.
An unstable and little painful position.
Your posture could be rather poor your hips are too tight you tell yourself you can t sit cross l.
Understand your hips to build stability.
When you try to sit in a cross legged position with stiff legs your knees will be really high.
How to sit cross legged for long periods hip opening stretches to sit cross legged on floor if you are not able to sit cross legged on floor because of you.
I don t know if the two are related or just down to my lack of time and not so much exercise but i miss being able to sit down on the floor crossed legged especially as it would make it easier to play with my daughter.
How to sit in cross legged position with stiff legs and hip joint.
The best sitting position.
This will put all the weight on your hip bones.
If you are having difficulty maintaining an erect spine while sitting cross legged begin by sitting on the edge of a cushion bolster or rolled blanket.
Go slow at first.
Keeping your legs planted on the floor with the knees 11 24 inches apart is the most open least defensive and least intimidating position.
Sit cross legged with your knees close to the ground to warm up your lower body.
No one is going to penalize you if you can t do it for a long time.
Hi i used to be able to sit on the floor crossed leg but i can t anymore since i had my baby 2 years ago.
Plus a ny cross legged sitting posture is stable only when knees are close to the mat or floor.