Take a Seat: How to Choose a Meditation Cushion or Bench People sometimes chuckle when I tell them that sitting meditation is physically rigorous. But it’s true. When you sit still and tune into your body for...
Zafu or Bench? How Yoga’s Vayus Can Make or Break Your Meditation In the early 1990s, when I was just a few years into vipassana meditation practice, I sat a 10-day silent retreat. It was my fourth such...
Zafu: Where Did It Come From and What Do You Do With It? Sitting meditation isn’t easy. And I’m not just talking about the ever-wandering mind. The actual act of sitting is an art and science in its own...
V-Shaped Meditation Cushion for Comfort Round meditation cushions—zafus—are standard fare in most yoga and meditation spaces. For many people, these cushions do the job. They elevate the pelvis to make it...
3 Ways to Sit on a Zen Meditation Cushion Finding your ideal meditation position can be harder than you’d think. We’ve all seen images of loincloth-clad yogis sitting in Lotus Pose—often touted as the “perfect”...
Zafu and Zabuton: The Meditation Combination How you support your body in sitting meditation can make all the difference between feeling agitated and edgy or feeling calm and relaxed. The traditional combination...
V-Shaped Cushion for Sitting Support Most people learn pretty quickly that comfort is crucial when you practice sitting meditation. Maintaining your natural spinal curves in meditation is the key to ease...
Is Sitting Uncomfortable? Try an Alternate Meditation Posture Do you find sitting meditation uncomfortable? You’re not alone. For many people, the traditional posture, sitting cross-legged, is not ideal. The good news is that cross-legged...
De-stress Your Shoulders, Chest and Neck with a Sukasana Cushion Simple, Supported Backbend with a Sukasana Pillow Most of us spend most of our days hunched over a keyboard. When we leave work, we hunch over...
Lightweight Sukasana Pillows Travel Easy Use a Sukasana Cushion for Ease in “Easy Pose” In some ways you could call sitting meditation the ultimate vacation. When you make the effort to step...