How to sit in cross legged position with stiff legs and hip joint.
Benefits of sitting cross legged on chair.
In yoga sitting cross legged on the floor is known as sukhasana or lotus claimed to have been designed to stretch the muscles improve posture and bring peace of mind.
It directly goes to your legs making the digestive system to function less over a period.
Eating at table and chair might not be good for health.
Now this is exactly where sitting on the floor and eating helps.
When we sit down to eat in india we generally sit cross legged which is also a posture in yoga known as sukhasana or padmasana.
This helps the stomach to get ready to start prod.
The heart obtains the benefits when the blood is pumped to the digestive organs.
Yes it surely is.
At the same time we also signal our brain that we are preparing ourself to eat food.
An unstable and little painful position.
It has a subtle grounding effect that can be a great help in times of overwhelm or anxiety and it also has an energizing effect in times of laziness or depression.
When you try to sit in a cross legged position with stiff legs your knees will be really high.
Plus a ny cross legged sitting posture is stable only when knees are close to the mat or floor.
To prevent this avoid hunching your back while sitting cross legged.
Keep your spine in a neutral position.
Sitting cross legged on the floor also helps to open up the hips and counter the effects of sitting in chairs driving or walking.
If done incorrectly sitting cross legged can worsen low back pain and poor posture.
But the age old indian way of sitting on the floor and eating is all scientific and the right way to eat as well.
Sore lower backs weak abdominal muscles and stiff inflexible aching hips to name only a few.
When we sit on the floor with legs crossed we squeeze our stomach a bit decreasing its volume.
You don t just sit on the floor you do yoga.
This will put all the weight on your hip bones.