Just in time for the holidays, here is a guide to the different types of cushions. Maybe there is a meditator in your life and you were wondering what to get them? My favorite cushion is by Sun and Moon Originals. I just love it. I used it every day during my three years of retreat. You can find it by clicking here. And of course you can see it in the video. The other cushions are sold by Zamstore, click here. All of them are really good cushions. What works for me might not work as well for you. Well, except for the sun and moon cushion, maybe. No one I know who bought one regrets it.
I showed the video to my mother, (website here) last night, she couldn’t stop laughing. Laughing at me. So maybe I shouldn’t be sharing it with you. At least it is a long throw for any rotten tomatoes that might come my way.
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Just for fun, I guess.
This was interesting, since I hadn't ever seen Erric, now there are more concepts in my mind about him. Good. Not just 100 % imaginary ones.
About cushions, here in the third world so to say, it is a strange notion to buy a cushion for meditation.
For example, I use two : One of them , I asked my mother in law to sew one for me , I explained more or less what I wanted, it came out well. This was to substitute a nice one I have gotten from a sofa that belonged to my grandmother which got woodworm and had no remedy. That one was really firm and nice, but it was lost while moving.
My moher in law cannot sew anymore, since she has cancer, and when they operated her breasts, something came out not right about her muscles, and now she has serious problems with one of the arms.
That is when I sit in the traditional posture.
But frequently I have a pain where the femur joins the hip, so these times I sit like kneling down, buttocks on the heels, like Judo or Sufi way.
Lately I have been sitting like that Mon-Fri, and the other way Sat-Sun.
That way I am on the floor, and my back is straight.
For that, I use a small cushion I stole from our house sofa. There are lots of them , since we got my mother's when she died. This one is a flat one.
Also, I want to point out the notion that if you are too confortable , you could fall sleep.
In my old days of wild teenager, I used to sit in the plain floor.
When traveling, or at someone else's house, a jean carefully rolled makes a good provisional sit.
Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year for all.
Enrique
the Moonleap cushions are supposed to ergonomic. they apparently help with back strain, leg pain, and help stop legs falling asleep.
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