Cushion height

[Taiten]

Sometimes I sit in burmese, sometimes in half or quarter lotus. In my experience, each posture requires a different height so I would use one more or one less blanket.

That's interesting! I seem to prefer a slightly lower cushion for half lotus and for quarter. Did you find it that way around too?

On looking into what I can purchase in the UK, everything seems to be the same height (15cm) though there are options on fillings with the normal buckwheat hulls or something firmer. I'm sticking with my own 15cm cushion with it's kapok filling for now whilst I see whether my body will stretch into half lotus with some practice.

Thank you Jundo for the book link too

Gassho,
Nick

Sat today & LAH

[Shinshou]

Well I like to sit high, high, high in Burmese. I have a very fussy low back, even 20 minutes of sitting in a disagreeable position will give me 2 days of grumping from my lumbar region. The key for me is the shape: after I sit down, I push myself up a little, take my fist and push backward on the front of the zafu under my groin, then settle back down. It makes a little slope from back to front so my sacrum tilts forward a bit. Saves my low back.

Dan
Sat today lah


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[Rakurei]

I folded a blanket under my zafu today and it made a world of difference.

Thanks for this thread!

ST
Tyler