Hello,
I’ve been meditating for a while now on my bed with back support focusing on my breath. However, now I am shifting towards vipssana meditation and would like to meditate on the floor without back support. When I sit on the floor in half-lotus position and straighten my spine so that it is erect my hips get really tense. I use this tense-ness as a form of meditation to concentrate upon but then my lower-back gradually starts to curve again (im still somewhat in an erect position but not 100% straight) my question is this… how can I stop my hips from tensing up (will this stop through practice?) secondly is it okay if my back curves a little during meditation?
Hello Omar, welcome the AYP forum
Your hips will get more flexible in time, if you practice sitting poses, but it will be a very gradual process. It’s really not necessary to compromise your meditation practice over the many months that it might take you to become comfortable sitting in half lotus. Is is possible to nudge your posture, very gradually and without discomfort, in the direction you are aiming for.
The following is a paragraph from Lesson 33 on this website:
Enjoy your practice!
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Enjoy your practice!
Thank you very much. So I guess I will continue to mediate in a seated position and just let time take care of this issue.