The best posture for sitting in meditation is one that is comfortable for you. Meditation offers you an opportunity to get in touch with your spiritual self, and this is difficult to do if your physical body is uncomfortable. Here are a few tips for sitting during meditation.
Instructions
1. Meditate in a comfortable chair with your feet on the ground. If your feet don't touch the ground, put a pillow or cushion beneath them. Position your sitting bones so they are firmly connected to the chair, and lengthen your spine. Tuck your tailbone and gently draw in your abdomen. Place your hands on your legs--either palms up or down.
2. Sit cross-legged on the floor. Put a cushion or pillow under your hips. Cross your legs at the shins, and position one foot under each knee. Create length in your spine by imagining spaces between each vertebra. Place your hands on your legs palms up or palms down.
3. Try the Siddhasana pose. Sit on your meditation cushion or pillow. Pull one leg in toward your groin so that the top of your foot is facing toward the floor. Then, pull your other foot in so it is on top of or in front of the first foot. Gently drop your chin in, so your neck is in alignment with your spine.
4. Assume a half lotus position. Sit on your meditation cushion or pillow and pull one leg in toward your groin. Bring the other leg in and place your foot in the crease at the inner portion of your leg. The bottom of your foot will be facing the ceiling.
5. Challenge yourself--try a full lotus position. Sit on your meditation cushion or pillow. Pull one leg toward you and place your foot in the crease at the inner portion of your leg. The bottom of your foot will be facing the ceiling, and your knee will be down near the floor. Next, bend your other knee in toward you and place it on top of the other thigh, toward the crease of your inner thigh.
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