Numb Legs

[Jundo]

I'm also around 182 cm and 100 kg

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You can stuff or unstuff a Zafu to adjust the firmness ...

https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-zafumeditation-pillow/

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Victor]

Thank you Jundo, that is likely what I'll do!

Gassho

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[Jakuden]

I love how these threads really demonstrate that something a little different works for everyone.

I can’t sit cross-legged because I have hip issues. Seiza is my preference, but even then my legs go to sleep at 30 minutes so I shift my weight subtly in different directions as Jundo suggests, as well as straightening my spine when I catch it getting curved. I sit seiza on a Monastery Store Mountain Seat and Memory foam Zabuton which makes me feel like I am cheating sometimes because they are so comfortable! The height takes pressure off my ankles in seiza.

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

[Victor]

I love how these threads really demonstrate that something a little different works for everyone.

I can’t sit cross-legged because I have hip issues. Seiza is my preference, but even then my legs go to sleep at 30 minutes so I shift my weight subtly in different directions as Jundo suggests, as well as straightening my spine when I catch it getting curved. I sit seiza on a Monastery Store Mountain Seat and Memory foam Zabuton which makes me feel like I am cheating sometimes because they are so comfortable! The height takes pressure off my ankles in seiza.

Gassho
Jakuden
SatToday/LAH

Thank you so much Jakuden! You're absolutely right! I may try to make a seiza bench sometime. Seiza is a position I like, but my ankles can't handle my weight even with a zafu. I'd honestly love to try one of those Zafu and zabuton sets you were talking about, but unfortunately they are quite expensive and I currently have no income. That will be rectified though I am unsure of when haha.

Gassho,
Victor

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[threethirty]

Thank you so much Jakuden! You're absolutely right! I may try to make a seiza bench sometime. Seiza is a position I like, but my ankles can't handle my weight even with a zafu. I'd honestly love to try one of those Zafu and zabuton sets you were talking about, but unfortunately they are quite expensive and I currently have no income. That will be rectified though I am unsure of when haha.

Gassho,
Victor

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The ancestors didnt really have much of an income either. Sit on some folded blankets, on a couch coushion (rotate them out so they wear evenly), a dog bed, or your bed. There are 108 and excuses to not sit [emoji6]

One of these days ill get around to making my tutorial on how to fold a hoodie into a zafu

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[Victor]

The ancestors didnt really have much of an income either. Sit on some folded blankets, on a couch coushion (rotate them out so they wear evenly), a dog bed, or your bed. There are 108 and excuses to not sit [emoji6]

One of these days ill get around to making my tutorial on how to fold a hoodie into a zafu

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I first started out sitting directly on the floor. Then I started using folded blankets. Now I have this zafu and will likely put a cushion and/or a folded blanket under it.

Believe me, I'm not trying to make any excuses
Gassho

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[Jundo]

The ancestors didnt really have much of an income either. Sit on some folded blankets, on a couch coushion (rotate them out so they wear evenly), a dog bed, or your bed. There are 108 and excuses to not sit [emoji6]

One of these days ill get around to making my tutorial on how to fold a hoodie into a zafu

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Yes, but a couch cushion or folded blanket may be too soft without some support.

We had this wonderful tip awhile back on firming up those blankets (thank you, Kotei) ...

how to fold a cushion from a blanket

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?13639-how-to-fold-a-cushion-from-a-blanket

Gassho, J
STLah

[Tairin]

Hi Victor

Instead of a zabuton, see if you can use a thick blanket or a quilt. When I go to visit my in-laws I take my zafu but use one of their think knitted blankets folded as a zabuton


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Victor]

Yes, but a couch cushion or folded blanket may be too soft without some support.

We had this wonderful tip awhile back on firming up those blankets (thank you, Kotei) ...

how to fold a cushion from a blanket

https://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?13639-how-to-fold-a-cushion-from-a-blanket

Gassho, J
STLah

Thank you for sharing this, Jundo!

Gassho, V

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[Victor]

Hi Victor

Instead of a zabuton, see if you can use a thick blanket or a quilt. When I go to visit my in-laws I take my zafu but use one of their think knitted blankets folded as a zabuton


Tairin
Sat today and lah

Thank you for this idea! I've used blankets before but we don't really own thick quilt style blankets.

Gassho

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[Tai Do]

I have a zafu 25 cm tall with buckwheat husks, my height is 182 cm, weight 79 kg and everything is fine[emoji106]

Gassho,
Oleg
Sat today, Lend a Hand

Hi Oleg, Victor and everyone,
I'm not so tall as you two. I'm 168 cm and weight 95 Kg. My zafu is only 8 cm tall. I do think it is small.
Does anyone know the recommended measures for a zafu so that a person with my heigh and weight can sit more confortably in it?

Gassho,
Mateus
Sat today/LAH

[Timchenko_Oleg]

Hi Oleg, Victor and everyone,
I'm not so tall as you two. I'm 168 cm and weight 95 Kg. My zafu is only 8 cm tall. I do think it is small.
Does anyone know the recommended measures for a zafu so that a person with my heigh and weight can sit more confortably in it?

Gassho,
Mateus
Sat today/LAH

As far as I know, traditional zafu have a height of 18 cm, and in general the height is selected individually

Gassho,
Oleg
Sat today, Lend a Hand

[Timchenko_Oleg]

As far as I understand, then raise the height of the zafu gradually until a natural backbend appears, and then this is your height

Gassho,
Oleg
Sat today, Lend a Hand

[Timchenko_Oleg]

Hi Oleg, Victor and everyone,
I'm not so tall as you two. I'm 168 cm and weight 95 Kg. My zafu is only 8 cm tall. I do think it is small.
Does anyone know the recommended measures for a zafu so that a person with my heigh and weight can sit more confortably in it?

Gassho,
Mateus
Sat today/LAH

Start the experiment with a zafu height from 15 cm, try to sit down and feel comfortable for you, that is, if there is a natural deflection in the lower back, if it does not appear, then increase or decrease the height until you find the optimum height for the zafu You have a natural deflection in the fifth vertebra in the lumbar region, experiment

Gassho,
Oleg
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[Tai Do]

Thank you, Oleg, for your kind suggestions.
Gassho,
Mateus
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