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Sitting Cross-legged-Natural Meditation Pose

Sitting crossed legged, the easiest way to meditate.

When was the last time you sat cross-legged on the floor or ground. Maybe you cannot remember, and that could be one of the reasons behind many of your health issues. In fact, simply sitting cross-legged every day for some time can give you many health benefits. Whether your digestion system needs a boost or your backache needs a natural remedy, sitting cross-legged or this natural meditation pose can work wonders.

Is Sitting on Floor Better than Sitting in Chair?

That depends on many factors, you health condition and the type of activity you are going to do while sitting cross-legged. Western people call it Indian sitting style or posture, but the fact is that this is popular in many cultures. Some people also call it Turkish sitting style. In Japan, China, Korea and many other countries, they have their own variations of sitting on the floor, but the purpose is the same. To keep your spine in upright position and balance your overall weight on your hip joints and muscles. In addition too that, sitting cross-legged gives ample supply of blood to not just pelvic region but also to heart, brain and your overall body.

Sitting Cross-legged

Watching TV – The easiest way to try it

So, the question is whether sitting on the floor is better than sitting in a chair or sofa. The answer is that you have to check whether it works for you or not. I have seen people working on laptops and PCs while sitting on the floor, during lockdowns and work from home periods. Though it may seem impractical to recommend sitting on the floor while working on a laptop, it is not impossible or harmful at all. If you can sit for long hours it this position, it may work for you. For others, they can try sitting on the floor while doing other activities, such as watching TV. Simply sitting on the floor for half an hour to one hour every cay can work wonders for your physical and mental health.

Benefits if sitting Cross-legged

  • It improves your digestion. If you have your meal sitting cross-legged, then it boosts your digestion
  • It straightens and strengthens your spine and overall posterior.
  • Improves flexibility by stretching your hips, thighs and pelvic region
  • Stabilizes your lower back and balances your overall body
  • It increases your life expectancy, and it has been proven and observed
  • Relaxes your mind

Natural posture of meditation

Though various postures can be used for meditation, Padmasana or Sukhasana ( cross-legged) are the most preferred and recommended postures for meditation. While meditating, you should be completely relaxed to get the maximum possible effect, which is possible and easy to achieve in this position. It relieves stress and increases oxygen supply to blood which helps in boosting your overall mental health, spiritual well-being, clarity of thought and better focus.

If you have not started sitting on the floor every day, you can try now and notice the impact in just a week or 15 days.

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Modern meditation benefits | 3 quick tips | Meditation for healing

Not sure how to obtain meditation benefits? You can use meditation for healing by using 3 quick tips. Let’s start with how meditation can be used in modern life. While there is no clear definition of modern meditation, it essentially means an informal collection of various forms and styles of meditation, customised to suit our modern lifestyle in the 21st century.

Meditate for inner peace or self-realisation

As meditation was developed more than 3000 years ago, when there were no Facebook, Twitter and general stress of modern life, people had a lot of time to sit in a particular posture to attain inner peace, self-realisation and awakening.  Though the purpose of meditation still remains the same, we cannot make time to sit for hours to achieve something, effect of which will fade away in less than 24 hours.

Modern meditation for healing and positive effects

One of the most talked about and desired effects of meditation is stress reduction. In fact, that is probably the  number 1 reason that makes meditation and its various forms so popular in the modern world, whether you are in Chicago or Shanghai. Let’s take a look at some of most effective methods or techniques of meditation for healing that can help you achieve better focus, inner awareness, mental peace and physical fitness to a great extent.

Pre-requisite to start modern meditation 

First and foremost, you need to decide or identify which sensory organ works best for you. As we know that eyes, ears and skin are the more dominant than other sensory methods, we can use these senses to attain meditation benefit s. Here is how we can do it

Visualisation or guided imagery for meditation 

If visual forms stimulate your mind, then go for Tratak meditation, which essentially involves focusing on any visual image. It can be a dot, circle, flame of a candle, your own image in the mirror or any special image that stimulates your mind. The idea is to keep looking at that image for 10 to 15 minutes without blinking until your eyes start watering. Then, close your eyes and let them relax for 5 minutes and then wash your eyes with cold water. Do not strain your eye in the beginning as you cannot stay without blinking for more than a few minutes. Be within your comfort level, as the moment it starts hurting, the whole exercise becomes counter-productive.

Using sound for meditation 

This is an easy and convenient method in today’s world as you can listen to the music anytime of the day. In fact, you can use your travelling time (if you are not driving) to meditate by listening to various audio forms of meditative music such as chanting of certain hymns, shlokas or ‘Om’.

Deep breathing and sense of smell for meditation

Volumes have been written about how to benefit from deep breathing and its various forms. However, the bottom line is as long as you feel good about any form of deep breathing, it is beneficial for you. Simply breathe deeply a few times a day (morning hours are preferred), without thinking about anything else. Just feel the air going inside your lungs and coming out as you exhale.

Quick breathing exercise anyone can perform

Repeat this a few times and a day and notice the difference immediately after the exercise. Continued practice of this exercise will help you gain better focus, high energy levels and overall better physical health including stress reduction. We do not realise the importance of deep breathing and simply remain devoid of its health benefits, which include better heart health, more focus and increased stamina.

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