I’m a large guy 6 ft 1 in and 280 LBS.

I struggle to sit criss cross for an hour because my legs get tired and my thunder thighs sorta push me off kilter and I wanna lean back.

So I’ve been sitting on my shins instead and this is way better for maintaining posture but I have just barely 20 minutes before my legs fall asleep and then it hurts once I get up to journal.

I don’t want to use a chair or a pillow because I travel a lot and there’s no guarantee I’ll have those with me.

Any position suggestions? Maybe I’ll look into a pillow or mat.

  • deHaga@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    4 days ago

    A chair, no need to destroy your knees like zen aspirants do.

    Standing meditation is also a very energetic option.

    Sitting around gathering dust will only get us so far

  • Mastema@infosec.pubEnglish
    3·
    19 days ago

    In Japan they use very small benches called Seiza Benches. I think I’ve seen those that fold up flat and could be traveled with fairly easily.

  • Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    19 days ago

    The death pose may be useful to you. Just don’t fall asleep unless that is your intention. It is basically laying on your back with your arms relaxed by your sides.

    • nagaram@startrek.websiteOPEnglish
      1·
      19 days ago

      Not a bad call, but this is part of my occult practice.

      It feels nice to add more content then videos.

  • voidbat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    17 days ago

    Posture doesn’t matter that much.

    Just get comfortable, and don’t hesitate to shift your position. Once you get good enough at concentrating, nothing you do or don’t do with your meat suit can interfere. You can meditate while doing house chores, while walking, etc.

    If you specifically want to get so deep that you lose consciousness of your meat and bones body then the best position is laying on your back, head tilted to the side to minimize snoring. Then you have to guard against falling asleep while still being deeply relaxed. Sitting makes it harder to fall asleep, which is why it’s used often.

    So just sit however, but likely you’ll need to shift as pain starts to build and as blood flow may be less than ideal in places, so you would shift to let fresh blood flow and to alleviate some discomfort, and none of this bodily ‘housekeeping’ should take you out of concentration, which sort of runs in parallel.

    I mean if you are hardcore and stubborn, you can learn to control your meat body so that it’s more flexible and doesn’t develop pain spots. But that is way out there and not necessary for most meditations. On the other hand if you meditate specifically on the body and on self-control within the body, then at some point it will grow naturally to where what used to be uncomfortable no longer is, and you can get your body to behave more to your liking.

    A lot depends on why and what for are you meditating. Are you after wisdom? Health? Peace? Memories? ESP? Supranormal powers? Expanding awareness and control of your energy body? Projecting? Sitting may not be the best posture in all cases. Moving/adjusting the meat and bones during mediation may or may not be OK. Mastering the body may be the whole point or it may be a detour, depending on your objectives.

    Moving the body is best avoided in only two cases, as far as I know: projecting, or you want to go beyond the tether so to speak, it’s a state where the meat and bones body is irrelevant and will fade out. So moving is largely OK.

    The most important point is that you are you. Meditation exists for you. You do not exist for meditation. Don’t lose what’s important.