Sitting Comfortably
Sitting Comfortably is a complete guide to setting up a long-term healthy and enjoyable meditation practice. This is the only book offering a comprehensive approach to the preparation for sitting meditation without aches and pains. This allows the jittery mind to take up residence, and leads to the feeling of "not being good at meditation".
Sitting Comfortably explores the physical issues that may arise while sitting, from painful knees to tight hamstrings. Swami Saradananda shows how yoga preparation, breathing and postures can help to strengthen the body to be able to maintain a sitting meditation. She invites you to understand how the mind can easily be distracted, like a puppy, and that physical discomfort can often be this distraction in disguise.
This is the only book to focus on the physicality of a formal meditation practice, helping prepare the body for the mindful practice of meditation, so that mind and body are in synchronicity. It is an invaluable reference guide for students
I’m pleased to say that Sitting Comfortably is available world-wide and has already been translated into a number of languages, including German, Korean and Romanian
Preparing the mind and body for peaceful meditation
Comments from readers
"Sitting Comfortably by Swami Saradananda is a beautifully illustrated book. Having dome meditation for a very long time I had never really thought about my positioning and how to place my hands. This book covered all of it and was extremely helpful. This is a book that you go back to repeatedly for different ideas for poses, breathing techniques and how to take your mindfulness off the mat and into everyday life."
- Didos, U.K.
“A gift to humanity, Swami Saradananda has shared enough knowledge in this book to last at least one life time. I highly recommend this book."
- Matt, U.K.
"A tool for a healthier future. What I liked most about this book was that it wasn't a sit down and read book. It was a read and put into practice one step at a time. It is broken into chapters with great illustrations; it is a book that is going to help me in my journey as I move forward."
- JW, U.S.A.
