Body Posture: How should I sit?

 Body posture is actually an important piece of meditation. There's just a few things to learn about. It's not complicated. The first is you want to be in a chair that is somewhat upright, like the chair I'm sitting in. That's an important piece. And the reason for this is because intentionality, in any form of meditation or prayer, is crucial.

And so it's not like you're sitting on a sofa with the clicker. It's also not sitting like you're in front of the general. But you want to be in an upright chair like this, that holds your body up. The next thing is that you want your feet to be flat on the floor, and that's, again, part of the intentionality of this meditation. Your hands can be either on your lap or folded together. On your lap is probably the most frequent.

And that's it. That's really what the posture's about. With one big caveat: If sitting in this position is painful to you in any way, you don't have such a great back, your shoulders bother you, your knees bother you, your ankles bother you, etc. Do what makes sense in the context of feeling, not in pain, and feeling as comfortable as you can.

For some people that will be different from other people, but it's important to be in an intentional position that is not painful to you. That's not the point of meditation. The point of it is to be quiet and to allow yourself to quiet even further.