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**kranskregyan** · 09-06-2011, 06:36 PM

Welcome, ripemango !

Please don't feel embarassed about having a physical difficulty due to surgery.All Buddhist centres usually have some straight backed-chairs available for people with physical problems.

If you haven't been there before, then phone them up and explain that you'll need to sit in a chair.(or against a wall with your legs stretched out)

I used to go to a Tibetan centre and could never manage more than a half lotus position anyway, lol ! Then, after a knee injury, I sat in a straight-backed chair (but not leaning my back on it).....and continued to do that when I changed tradition.

It isn't essential to sit in a lotus position in order to meditate.

09-06-2011, 06:36 PM	#2
kranskregyan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 480 Senior Member	Welcome, ripemango ! Please don't feel embarassed about having a physical difficulty due to surgery.All Buddhist centres usually have some straight backed-chairs available for people with physical problems. If you haven't been there before, then phone them up and explain that you'll need to sit in a chair.(or against a wall with your legs stretched out) I used to go to a Tibetan centre and could never manage more than a half lotus position anyway, lol ! Then, after a knee injury, I sat in a straight-backed chair (but not leaning my back on it).....and continued to do that when I changed tradition. It isn't essential to sit in a lotus position in order to meditate.
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