The Home Grown Stools™
Although you most likely know the positive effects of practising meditation you may not be fully aware of how you can benefit from using a simple meditation stool.
As you probably are aware meditation is seen as a mental discipline. However, if you have only started to meditate, or even if you have practised meditation for some time, you will know how difficult it can be to relax your body.
This is why meditation is considered a mind/body discipline. You must still the body before you can ever still the mind.In order to benefit from the mental exercises involved in meditation it is necessary to first relax the body. Many meditators have trouble with this and it hinders their ability to focus.
The majority of people have trouble relaxing their bodies completely and I am sure you are no different. If this is the case for you then a traditional meditation stool could be the answer.
A meditation stool, designed in the classic fashion, will let you sit in a comfortable position for extended periods of time without gaining any aches, pains or discomfort.
Traditional meditation stools are backless and have short legs. This keeps you close to the floor for a more grounded feeling. Your knees are bent and touching the floor with your legs tucked underneath the meditation stool.
This position may appear uncomfortable to anyone who has never tried it but it is in fact extremely well designed for comfort over sustained periods of time.
An added advantage of using a meditation stool lies in its design. Your back is kept straight at all times and this trains you to keep the correct posture. Something that you will carry with you in every day life as well as your meditations.
We all know that poor posture can cause back complaints and other physical problems but from a meditative point of view poor posture can interfere with your ability to remain focused. For these two reasons alone a meditation stool is very advantageous.
How To Sit Like A Zen Master
Why “pelvic tilt” is the key to more comfortable sitting practice. And how to correctly align your spine for deeper, calmer meditation.
Back hurts when you sit? That’s the case for many of us in the west. It makes gaining that deep, calm quality we all seek hard. Long sits can be very painful, and no amount of mindfulness seems to make it go away. There is a solution though.
Why “Pelvic Tilt is the Key
The key is “pelvic tilt”. By angling the pelvis forward slightly when you sit, your back falls into a natural, balanced alignment. In this position your lower back muscles are less likely to “clench up” and hurt. With chin slightly tucked, and your hands resting gently in your lap, you’re in about as good a meditation posture as you can possibly be!
I went from being able to sit for 10-20mins (and only if I gritted my teeth AND ignored both my legs going painfully to sleep) to sitting calmly for an hour or more a day. I transformed my practice in a week, and you can to…
Sitting in Style
The turning point in my own practice was learning to “sit organically”, aided by a traditional meditation stool, or seiza bench.
Here’s what a Home GROWN Meditation Stool™ does:
- Tilts your pelvis forwards for proper spinal alignment
- Promotes core strength through correct posture
- Takes pressure off of the spine, easing “compression”
- Reduces stress on the knees (they bareley touch the floor)
- Reduces upper back pain by aligning the shoulders and neck correctly
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