Meditation Posture

Overview

Right meditation posture.

Sitting Posture

Posture: Sit in a tall and relaxed posture that enables natural abdominal breathing and supports mental calmness. Resting your body weight centered on your sitting bones supports a relaxed and stable posture.

Posture Check and Correction

You can check your posture by standing with your back against a wall. Position your body so that your head, shoulder blades, back, buttocks and heels touch the wall. Standing against a wall can also help correct posture if you have posture issues.

Standing Posture

Stand with feet pointed straight ahead, parallel to each other, and firmly on the ground at shoulder width.
Evenly distribute body weight on your feet, especially the 3 points of contact that the bottom of your foot makes with the ground.
Your feet and toes gently grabbing the floor/ground.
Bend knees just slightly.
Stand relaxed and pleasant without tension.
It is even better if you can stand on bare foot on the ground, rock or grass.

Lying Down Posture

Lie down on a floor or firm surface, not soft.

There are various lying down postures:

just lie down on your back.
lie on your back with your knees bent while soles of feet touching the floor.
lie down legs and arms spread like Starfish.
lie down on a side way.

Posture General Guidelines

Body relaxed and pleasant without stain.
When your posture is right, you will experience natural deep breathing, gaining of energy, clear mind and pleasantness.