Meditation positions can do more harm than good.  Many magazine articles will show pictures of esoteric yogis holding intricate hand gestures while sitting in bliss.This can prevent you from meditation. Perhaps you can’t bend that way. Or your co-workers might point and giggle if you were in full-lotus in the conference room.  Meditation is an internal experience.  The goal of your meditation position should be relaxation.

The lesson to learn is that direct experience is the best guide.  It is a lesson that will guide you well in all of your meditation adventures.   So follow this simple process and you will be on your way to discovering meditation’s benefits without any complications from your posture.

The trick is to experience one meditation in all the possible meditation positions.This enables you to accurately measure the value.Each person has their own personal body quirks and preferences, so you must experience each posture to find the best one for you.

Try out your meditation technique in these meditation positions:
1.    Sit upright in your chair with feet on floor.
2.    Sit upright in your chair with legs up and feet crossed under butt.
3.Legs crossed Indian-style while sitting on the floor.
4.    Sit on floor with legs un-crossed.
5.Put legs in half-lotus while sitting.
6.    Sit on floor with legs in full-lotus.
7.    Sit on floor with cushion under butt (preferably a zafu).
8.Palms facing upward whle lying on your back.
9.    Lay on back in bed with palms facing down.
10.Sit up against the bed or wall with legs straight out comfortably.

As you can see, there is a wide variety of meditation positions.  My personal preferences are numbers 2 and 8, although on occasion I will practice in 1, 3, or 7.  But it doesn’t matter what works for me, what matters is what enables you to have the deepest meditation session possible.

Check in with yourself after meditation with each position and ask yourself the following questions: 
1.How does my body feel at this moment?
2.    Did I notice my body after a few minutes of meditation?
3.    How deep was the meditation?

The ultimate measure of any meditation position is the quality of the practice you experience.  Follow this article’s simple process.  Meditation is an internal journey that does not need external complications.

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