How To Do the Lotus Pose

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The Lotus Pose is one of the classic seated meditative postures, fostering a calm, serene sense of internal connection. Eventually it'll feel like heaven—we mean, Nirvana.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Comfortable clothing suitable for stretching and moving
A calm place where you won't be distracted or disturbed
A yoga mat or folded blanket

Warning: This pose takes a high degree of hip and knee flexibility, both very delicate joints. Don't force yourself further than you can easily go.

Step 1: Sit on mat

Sit on the mat with your legs extended out in front of you.

Step 2: Lift right foot onto thigh

Bend your right leg at the knee, moving your right foot toward your left thigh. Gently lift the foot up onto the thigh near the hip crease. The sole of your foot should be facing up.

Tip: If you can, move your foot across to the outside of the thigh in order to deepen the pose. The sole of your foot will be facing out.

Step 3: Repeat on left leg

Now do the same with your left leg, moving your left foot onto your left thigh.

Step 4: Rest hands on knees

Place the back of your hands on your knees, and form a circle with your index finger and thumb on both hands. Allow the other three fingers to point directly outward.

Tip: You may also simply rest your hands on your knees, palms-down.

Step 5: Hold pose

Breathe steadily and smoothly. Stay in the pose as long as you are comfortable—some yoga practitioners meditate in this pose for extended periods of time, sometimes even several hours.

Step 6: Release pose

Release the pose by removing your right foot and then your left foot from your hips, relax, and return to this earthly plane of existence.

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[triplewee10]

i did this for 3 hours 53 min!

[espresso790]

I did it! Yay! Thank you!

[danijmay]

@danijmay Thirdly, to open the hips, try supine butterfly, or cobbler pose. In cobbler pose, hold underneath the feet firmly while straightening the lower back. You can even limply "flap" your knees like wings and encourage intermittent stretches...or lean forward and leverage your knees downward with your elbows. Furthermore, watch Esther Ekhart's (yogatic) video on padmasana. She gives advice which I hadn't been given before. This should be all that's especially needed.

[danijmay]

@jostpuur Try sitting on your heels (AKA hero pose), which you can see her do in the background at first. This can also be strenuous initially, but will open up the tops of your ankles. From this position I spread my knelt legs to hip width and, keeping my knees in place, lay back on the floor. This works the knees - but be careful of the lower back. (I have never heard of this position anywhere, but I've done it ever since I was a child, just playing.. I'd be curious to know what it is)

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[IFishyI]

my leg does not bend like that :(

[CrayonsNWafflecones]

you basically do exactly what the dude did at the beginning. BAM. done.