SITTING MEDITATION IN A LOTUS POSITION
Sitting meditation in a lotus position
Question
In the Full Lotus position (and also the Half Lotus), one leg will be placed above the other in a higher and more uncomfortable position. Should someone practising the Full or Half Lotus position alternate the position of the legs every day? For instance, if today, the right leg is above the left, should the left leg cross above the right leg during the next day's session? Standing mediation, by contrast, is intrinsically balanced with both feet and legs sharing equal weight.
Sifu Zhang Wuji, Shaolin Wahnam Singapore
Answer
Ideally, we should alternate in placing one leg over the other, but personally I think it does not matter much.
The main purpose of the lotus or semi-lotus position in sitting meditation is to have the body steady so that the mind, or spirit, can be fully focused.
The questions and answers are reproduced from the thread Questions on Wuji Stance or Standing Meditation in the Shaolin Wahnam Discussion Forum.
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