The Seven Importance of Meditation Postures

1. Legs:- Try to sit in a lotus posture with two legs crossed, if you are flexible enough. This posture will not put your legs into sleep and you can continue meditation for a much longer time.

2. Hands:- Put the back of your right hand on top of the left palm with two thumbs touching each other. Place your two hands between your crossed legs nearby the navel area.

3. Back:- Straighten your back is very important because when your back is very straight your spine will be straight also which allow the energy (wind) to pass through without blocking and eventually will help to clear our mind and generate awareness.

4. Shoulder:- Levelling and paralleling your shoulder so that you will not feeling uncomfortable and get tire so easily.

5. Neck and chin:- Neck is the channel for all nerves to pass through our body . If the chin is tilt too high or too low the neck will not be straighten with will cause us feeling sleepy or drowsiness.

6. Tongue:- The tip of your tongue should be placed and slightly touching behind your upper front teeth. The reason for doing that is because that will not stimulate too much saliva in your mouth which will disturb your concentration.

7. Eyes:- Two ways for eyes during meditation:

A. Semi close:- If you want to focus on any object such as light, statue or anything that is physical you should be placed not farer than three feet away from your eyes.

B. Completely close:-If you want to focus on or contemplate on any objects in your mind then you should need to your eyes closed.