Easy Pose

Easy pose is a calming pose and hence known as sukhasana.



It is one of the more popular poses for meditation. It teaches you to adopt the proper posture while sitting. Your crown should be erect and the spine elongated while sitting bones should be pressed into the floor.



Keep a blanket under your hips if they become stiff.  This will also prevent your lower back from rounding and keeping your knees and pelvis on the same level. However, be careful with this pose if you have problems with knees or hips. Keep a towel or a blanket under your feet to relieve your feet.



You can use the wall for supporting the back if you have back problems or find it difficult to hold the pose.

How it is to be done – Sitting

Suitable for – Everybody

Steps - Actual procedure for that asana

1. Perform staff pose.

2. Bending your knees, cross your legs in your front.

3. Bring your feet to the buttocks as much as is comfortable to you.

4. Keep your palms on the knees, facing up.

5. Relax the shoulders downward and back while lifting and expanding the chest.

6. Press the sitting bones on the floor to lengthen the spine.

7. Crown of the head should be to the ceiling while looking straight ahead.

8. Remain in this pose for 1 to 10 minutes before returning to staff pose. Shake out your legs to relieve the knees and ankles.

Modification to the exercise: Instead of crossing the legs, bend one knee such that the outside of the leg remains on the floor. Then draw the foot close to your buttock as much as is comfortable for you. Then bend the other knee and keep the outside of the leg resting on the floor such that your heel is in front of the shin of your other leg.

Other benefits - Helps meditation and breathing exercises. Calms mind.

Precautions - Knee or hip problems.