Sukhasana

The cross-legged or Turks seat is a way of sitting with crossed legs.

Origin and basic

As advantages, named after the profession of tailor seat type over sitting on the chair is suspected:

• The Schneider (then only men ) sat sewing on the table, so that the machined plastic parts do not depend on the floor and not fall falling at work pieces of fabric into the dust.
• Allegedly facilitated this posture working with particularly heavy fabrics.
• The person sitting in the middle of the table or on the wall side Nähknechte took away very little of the usually scarce space and non-disabled the tailor's apprentice at work.

Physiotherapy importance

The cross-legged can be a helpful exercise for stretching or blood flow to the thigh and pelvis. According to the retention of the seat by physiotherapists relaxes the pelvic floor, expanding the tank diameter and cross the pelvic inlet and may contribute to the correction of the inclination and position of the pelvis. When cross-legged is to pay attention to an upright back to relax the hip joints.

Meditation

Yoga in the cross-legged ( Sukhasana ) is a meditation posture for beginners. Advanced practice the lotus seat.