I’ve been meditating from another perspective lately. In my ongoing, oxymoronic
habit of multi-tasking my meditation practice, I’ve been using the time to rest in a legs-up-the-wall position.
There are several documented benefits to this posture – calming the nervous system, reversing fluid retention and my personal favorite, stretching hamstrings and relaxing the back. If you’re me, anyway, it turns out that a lot happens when you’re upside down for 25 minutes. When I start out, one foot is typically about three inches higher than the other. Over time, there’s a bunch of involuntary wiggling and what feels like sticky gear shifting in an old car. By the time I hear the gentle tones of my meditation timer, my feet are even, but they are also asleep. The dismounts are not elegant.
I highly recommend it.