How to Meditate – Sitting Postures and Hand Postures

I’ve previously talked about how to get your Shoulders, Arms and Upper Body Posture right and also how to get your Lower Back Posture right. In this video I walk through the different sitting styles and the different positions you can have your legs if sitting on the floor, stool or a chair. I also show some of the different hand postures and how you can place them when meditating. It is not necessary to sit full lotus or half lotus when meditating, you don’t even have to sit on the floor if you don’t want to, or if have knee or hip problems. Alternatively, you can sit on a chair, kneel or lay down. Meditation is a practice of how you keep your mind, not just how you keep your body. That said, mind and body do effect each other so ensuring you have a good posture (no matter what position you choose) does have subtle affects on the meditation and also ensures you don’t unnecessarily develop pain over time. In this video I talk about the different sitting positions you can do, how to put your legs when meditating and also the different ways to keep your hands. Note: while in the video I show how you can use a meditation cushion to support your lower back lumber when sitting on a chair, this isn’t necessary. It may be beneficial to learn to sit without this support so that you can come to know your body and the experience of learning to let the body sit on it’s own without control or support. www.themindfulmoment.com
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A demonstration the gentlest form of my standing yoga sequence… this is playing at double speed, when it was normal speed it looks like it is in slow motion The second time round I have added a couple of slightly more difficult postures if you would like to try•• a more intermediate version – the point ISN’T to do the postures, IT IS to do with the fluidity and central support that arises when you apply ‘the conditions’. My standing sequences are designed to bring the use of the limbs into the core of the body, in order to liberate the spine and breath and develop fluidity in movement and support. I have also found that this particular version is also useful for opening the thoracic curve… behind the heart up to the base of the neck… but you must exhale from the centre (not just the chest) if you are to let the spine free itself up in the ribcage. If you are already open in that area, in every posture, simply enjoy the release that travels through the spine whenever you let the breath go and land on your feet/foot. Please note: **I am offering this for demonstration purposes only, If you wish to try any of my sequences out, you must take full responsibility for your own body if I am not there to guide you in the principles behind the practice. If you are a teacher and you find benefit from any of my sequences, I would of course like to work with you directly so we can explore some of the more important details and principles before elements are incorporated in your …