How I write
I meant that title tongue-in-cheek, and quite literally. Here is how I write: On my tatami mat in front of my laptop, sitting either in Lotus (Padmasana in Sanskrit) ….
… or in Hero Pose (Virasana in Sanskrit). Which is to say, with my butt between my heels, as below. (For the etymologists among you, the vira, or hero, in the pose’s name is the root, via Latin, of our virtue, virility, triumvirate, et cetera.)
Having said that, when I first get into my “office” in the morning, and I’m still stiff and cold, I usually warm up a bit first. So, for a while I might sit in half-Lotus, with one leg on top of the other. Or I might kneel, Japanese-style. Or sit in cobbler’s pose.
But… why? Why would I do such a thing? Can I not afford a chair?
I can. I just decided a few years ago to “ditch my chair,” for the reasons I described in this Yoga Journal article. Call me eccentric. It’s allowed.
Andreas,
The hero’s pose is a wonderfully comfortable pose. I wish I could say that I wrote this post recently in it but alas, I wrote it in my chair that is presently sinking down in the middle
http://www.wheneverydaymatters.com/?p=88
Be well my far away friend,
MJ
As it happens, that depends on one’s hip rotation. Mine are not naturally rotated inwards, so it’s not so comofortable for long periods of time. As you see from the picture above, my sacrum flops out when I sit in Virasana. I just use it for “breaks” between other poses (double-pigeon, eg).
Hip and groovy. I’m into it!
When I sit in Virasana, people just say, “She’s no hero; just a poseur.”