| If you hear the words "Meditation Cushions" and | | | | you will experience is beneath you. Unless you can |
| begin to laugh at how ridiculous this is as well as a | | | | fly, that is always going to be an issue anyway. |
| waste of money, then you are obviously oblivious | | | | Another concept to take into consideration is that |
| to the entire concept of meditation. For most | | | | of the physical form of the body. You will never |
| practitioners of the ancient arts of meditation, | | | | find peace sitting your curved body on a hard flat |
| these cushions are not a luxury, but a necessary | | | | floor. There are absolutely no parts of the human |
| tool. Consider the bicyclist. How well would his | | | | body that form fit to a flat surface perfectly. The |
| practice of riding go without a seat? Meditation | | | | meditation cushion, however, will form around |
| cushions go along those same lines of logic. | | | | your body, instead of your body having to form |
| The overall intent of the practice of Yoga, Pilates, | | | | for its dimensions. |
| and Buddhist Meditation is to find a mental, | | | | Now that we know the reasoning behind the |
| emotional, and physical place of peace. Once you | | | | necessity of the Meditation cushion, we have to |
| consider how hard it is to find peace on all three | | | | get one. Will any old cushion do? Why not use a |
| levels at once, you begin to see the necessity for | | | | pillow? Simply put, a regular pillow is just not soft |
| this tool of the trade, metaphorically speaking. | | | | enough. While shopping for a good meditation |
| Most forms of meditation require that the | | | | cushion, you will find hundreds of ads for just plain |
| individual be in a sitting position. Granted, some can | | | | old cushions. They are very inexpensive, but then, |
| be practiced in a chair, but most practitioners of | | | | you tend to get what you pay for. In the long |
| meditation find it extremely difficult to truly find | | | | run, it is wise to go with the real thing. |
| peace in a chair. Think about it. One of the | | | | A true meditation cushion will be filled with one or |
| aspects that bring peace is comfort. While you | | | | two rare materials, the Kapok and Buckwheat Hull. |
| may get lucky and find one of the few one | | | | Kapok is an interesting material in that when you |
| hundred percent comfortable chairs in the world, | | | | blow into it, it becomes firmer. Buckwheat is a |
| you are likely lacking elsewhere. Another | | | | more grainy material that forms to the body |
| requirement to find true physical peace is that of | | | | when weight is applied. Either one are perfectly |
| space. If you are in a chair, you have chair arms | | | | acceptable for your meditation cushion. It really |
| to the left and right, and the chair back behind | | | | depends upon personal preference. In the end, |
| you. To be totally honest, you have less personal | | | | you might spend a few more dollars, but you get |
| space in a chair than virtually anywhere. | | | | something that will really make a difference and |
| With a meditation cushion, the only lack of space | | | | last a whole lot longer. |