Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[Clarence]

I love the Ventura tune.

[Innerview]

@Leo Gura I heard sitting cross-legged during Kriya closes off the flow of Prana. What's your thought on this?

[Yimpa]

Is that chair hiding something? 

(There’s also another blog entry about how something is always missing or something, but I forgot where that entry is)

^ Not the same blog post I was thinking about, but it ties in nicely!:

https://www.actualized.org/insights/a-toothy-couch

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Well, yeah… but what you’re missing is that a plain old objective couch is also just your imagination.

Ahhh shoot… more powerful insights. Time for another break to contemplate.

Edited February 26 by Yimpa

[Leo Gura]

29 minutes ago, Innerview said:

@Leo Gura I heard sitting cross-legged during Kriya closes off the flow of Prana. What's your thought on this?

Obviously not since the original techniques teach cross-legged seating.

Edited February 26 by Leo Gura

[bazera]

@Leo Gura Isn't it easier to sit with your back straight when you are crossed legged? 

It's as if when I sit in a chair without back support, my back slouches more and I get more sleepy.

[Leo Gura]

39 minutes ago, bazera said:

@Leo Gura Isn't it easier to sit with your back straight when you are crossed legged?

No, it is harder.

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It's as if when I sit in a chair without back support, my back slouches more and I get more sleepy.

Because you have such bad posture from improper sitting. Or you have a bad chair.

Time to correct that before it gets worse.

You should have no problem sitting upright on a flat surface.

Edited February 26 by Leo Gura

[Petals]

@bazera @Leo Gura  the trick is to have your knees below your pelvis so that the pelvis can rotate 'back up'. this will help you sit straight, whether you are cross-legged or not. 

But Leo, this chair seems way to small for your knees to get below your pelvis. maybe it is just the angle from which you photographed it?

I had a knee-injury so thank you for encouraging chair-meditation.

Edited February 26 by Petals

[Leo Gura]

3 minutes ago, Petals said:

this chair seems way to small for your knees to get below your pelvis.

It's a chair! The knees are not going to be below.

You are talking about cross-legged things.

Edited February 26 by Leo Gura

[Petals]

5 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

You are talking about cross-legged things.

@Leo Gura  I am not. You can sit so high with a slight tilt of the sitting surface that your knees will be below your pelvis, feet on the ground. If your pelvis and knees are at the same level, your lower back always has to work to keep you straight. But if it works for you, that's good!

Edited February 26 by Petals

[Yimpa]

10 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

It's a chair! The knees are not going to be below.

You are talking about cross-legged things.

 

2 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

 

 

[Leo Gura]

@Petals A proper chair has zero tilt. It is flat and so your legs are parallel to the ground.

I can't believe I have to explain how chairs work.

Edited February 26 by Leo Gura

[Rafael Thundercat]

This will become my Old Uncle forum for awhile, where we debate and comment about quality of chairs and sofas. 

[Dazgwny]

30 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I can't believe I have to explain how chairs work.

That’s because you are the chair so people gonna ask you about yourself😜

[Petals]

@Leo Gura  yes ok, it might not be a chair in the very narrow sense but you can have a 'chair' that can be positioned in such a way that you can sit as I explained, slight tilt, feet on the ground (which makes it more comfortable for your back) - think e.g. Swopper (not sure if this is a thing in the US?) or saddle chair. 

Edited February 26 by Petals

[Oppositionless]

Doing  Kriya I've noticed . If my entire back presses against a chair it's hard to feel the kundalini (as jc Stevens states). However, if just the bottommost part of my back presses a chair and the rest of the back doesn't, I feel the kundalini even more than if my whole back wasn't touching.

Edited February 26 by Oppositionless

[Yimpa]

1 hour ago, Rafael Thundercat said:

we debate and comment about quality of chairs and sofas. 

Let us chair E pick the data

https://www.actualized.org/insights/buy-a-chair-for-meditation

Edited February 27 by Yimpa

[Leo Gura]

27 minutes ago, Oppositionless said:

Doing  Kriya I've noticed . If my entire back presses against a chair it's hard to feel the kundalini (as jc Stevens states). However, if just the bottommost part of my back presses a chair and the rest of the back doesn't, I feel the kundalini even more than if my whole back wasn't touching.

For yoga do not use the chair's backrest.

[integral]

Got to watch out with offgasing toxic chemics from the chair.

The chemicals block hormons and lower cognitive function.

There's a lot of studies showing how longterm sitting is bad for you, but all of these studies are wrong. What's actually bad for you Is the air in the room which these experiments were taken place in. It's not sitting that's bad for you, It's breathing toxic air for an extended period of time without moving. So this is a blind spot in the study because no one knows air even exists for the most part.

[Leo Gura]

1 hour ago, integral said:

Got to watch out with offgasing toxic chemics from the chair.

Are you fo real?

[Riccurdo]

@Bittu omg another Finn in this forum, let's gooo!!