People comprehensive fitness routines such as Pilates, yoga and meditation direction of mental, physical, emotional and spiritual. Most people participate in these programs to improve their physical condition, and only later realize the benefits that come with the programs themselves. Proper tools are necessary to achieve the best results of each of these types of "training". Mat exercise, in general, will do the job, but for meditation (especially in a longer session) a thin sticky mat will not cut it. A pillow or zafu floor is much better in the coccyx and the entire column. The discomfort will not allow you to reach a state of deep meditation.
A place for meditation or zafu / combo zabuton puts the body in a relaxed but alert, where the energy is in an optimal flow. As each person has designed a little different place, different positions or knees better job for them. Most of the time with pillows on the floor practitioner is a cross-legged kind. A lotus is defined with both legs folded on his lap. Half lotus is where one foot above the calf and the other hand is underneath. A zabuton, which resembles a large cushion U.S. works well with the lotus and half lotus.
However, when using the zafu, cushions raised round or square, the position of Burma is more suitable in this meditating prop. The situation in Burma, where both legs are crossed in front, but not the foot resting on the calves. This position is very stable three point support of the tripod. This pillow / combination of units is much easier on the joints than the half-lotus and lotus. If you become more flexible, flat floor cushions and a lotus position is all that is needed. When the pelvic muscles Meditation can not remove in time.
From the zafu generated several versions of a crescent-shaped pillow for even more support in the thigh during a meditation session. When you are allowing all the support, usually do not have much flexibility and are more of a beginner. Most of the crescent-shaped pillows are sold with high zabuton. Thus, the crescent or zafu is due to the alignment of the spine and cushion the ankle zabuton and feet, preventing them from being a distraction.
An index with the zafu is a crescent or slide toward the edge, instead of sitting in the middle. In the future, as the angle of the pelvis to a point where there is little pressure on the knees.
There are two general types of pillows fill the floor, or a zafu. One type is a kapok, which is a dense cotton-like substance, which is packaged in an excellent and holds its shape for several months. The second is the buckwheat hulls. This acts as a sand and moves easily in the tissue. Immediately, the practitioner meets formally. Meditation is much easier than these objects, such as yoga mats and Pilates.
