Sukhasan (Comfortable Pose)

Procedure

• Sit down with your legs outstretched in front and keeping the back erect, place your palms on the floor behind the buttocks, with the fingers pointing backward, i.e. Dandasan.
  
• Gradually, flex your legs one by one in such a way that the right foot comes just under the left thigh and the left foot under the right thigh.
• Sit comfortably with your spine vertical to the floor and rest the hands on the knees in any mudra.
• Make sure you do not feel strain while keeping the spine, head, and neck erect.
• Close your eyes and relax the whole body.
• Stay in this pose for as long as comfortable, with slow and even breathing.

Awareness

• On the breaths flowing in and out of your nostrils
• On the Holy Names “Radhey Krishna” in your each breath
• On the erect spine in the final position

Benefits

• As the name suggests, Sukhasan is a “Comfortable Pose,” the easiest meditative pose among all. Even beginners can practice it.
• It also stretches the spine wonderfully.
• It increases concentration ability by developing stability of the mind.