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Sit on your heels. Bend right leg at the knee, folding it to place right foot beside the folded left thigh. Cup your right hand to hold
your chin. Shut your eyes. You can hold this pose for as long as possible. After a while switch legs, so that both brain hemispheres are balanced. Avoid: If having knee pain. Benefits: This pose, if you switch legs, helps balance both brain hemispheres, marrying our emotional with the logical side. It is said to calm the nervous system, due to a powerful contact between the heel and what is called vajra nadi, a master acupressure point that impacts the parasympathetic nervous system. Image: The thinking warrior pose
This can be done only by those already able to do the lotus pose. Sit in the lotus pose. Reach palms on ground in front, as if going
on fours, coming up on your knees. Then lie on your stomach, with legs still folded in the lotus. Press hands behind into the namaste pose. Shut eyes, resting chin on the ground. Hold as long as possible, meditatively. Benefits: Is said to remove all hidden tensions and negativities out of the body. Gives one of the most powerful stretches to the entire body. It impacts the urogenital system superbly, affecting our moods positively. Image: The hidden lotus pose
Sit in a loose cross-legged pose. Tie a scarf around the legs, slightly below the knees as shown. Place hands in mudras (hand
gestures) of your choice (most common one is the gyan mudra, with tips of index finger touching the tip of thumb of each hand). Shut your eyes. You can hold this pose for as long as possible. Benefits: This pose can be used for long meditations, since there is less pressure on the knees and lower back, which can hurt meditators after a while. Image: The practice of hearing the subtle sound pose
Lie on your back. Fold both legs at knees, placing knees close to hips as shown. Place one hand on the stomach, other alongside
body. Shut eyes. Focus on the stomach's up-down movement as it keeps pace with the breath. This pose is also one of those in which long meditation is easy. Benefits: This is the safest meditation pose to assume. The folded legs prevent the meditator from falling asleep (since they will drop to the side, if the person sleeps). The breath becomes naturally deep, removing tensions from both body and mind. A very healing, soothing meditative pose.
Lie on your stomach. Stretch out legs behind, flaring feet away from each other, or placing them so the big toes touch and the
heels are away.Place chin on ground, as well as forehead, ensuring the nose is not feeling pressed down. Pass palms overhead, as shown, bringing them together to form the prayer gesture/namaste. Hold for as long as is comfortable. Benefits: Though this pose requires some getting-used-to, it is also a safe pose that helps the practitioner remain in meditation for long. Deepens breath powerfully, working on the parasympathetic nervous system to create a healing flow in the mind and body.