I wrote an article named “Posture-Pedia” which goes pretty thoroughly into this.  It’s fun, has pictures and covers everything – from all kinds of positions to sit in – to dealing with all kinds of physical issues – as well as things that may come up like legs falling asleep, sleepiness, etc.

Several meditation centers have asked if they can use it for their newer practitioners (and I have offered it freely – as I do for you here.)

You’ll see it under “Articles” here as a PDF download or just use this link:  http://www.mindfulnessarts.org/POSTURE_PEDIA.pdf

Hope it is helpful for you.

Remember – a good sit is one you did – no matter what position you were in.

Steph

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