Flash back to the beautiful Trevi Fountain – Roma, Italy…in the middle of winter! Brrrrr….
Fire log is a wonderful meditation seat as it keeps you balanced on both sit bones and your spine lengthening.
It is a strong hip opening stretch so it can take some getting used to (your legs might go numb and get the tingles until you start to loosen up)! Sometimes just being aware that this can happen can make it less intimidating but to make it a little more bearable when you’re starting out it can be helpful to elevate your seat on a block or stack of cushions.
To avoid putting pressure on the knee joints make sure the feet are dorsi flexed (toes curled back). Then “ommmmm” away!
The stretch and pain in the legs is an added challenge for the mind that wants to rebel during meditation. If you’re anything like me you will spend most of your meditation fighting your monkey mind as best you can for those fleeting moments of stillness. But how good are those moments!?
Overtime those moments of bliss become seconds and maybe even minutes… on a good day.
Bliss out baby. KM