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finding your sitting bones

myka
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Sep 29, 2003, 2:35 PM

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Does anyone have any good tips on how to explain/show a beginning student where their sitting bones are?

Bryan Alexander
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Oct 1, 2003, 5:28 AM

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Suggestion: Sit on a cushionless chair or bench. Put both feet flat on the floor. Sit up straight. Slowly scoot your rear-end forward, toward the edge of the chair. When you feel the hard part of your rear-end touching the seat of the chair, you're feeling your sit-bones.

myka
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Oct 2, 2003, 12:40 AM

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Thanks for your reply. I forgot to say, I have actually tried this, and it *did* work well for *most* people, but not for everyone. If anyone has any other ideas, I'd love to hear them as well.

myka
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Dec 12, 2003, 2:04 PM

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Another thing I have tried is simply having students sit on their hands. Then they can feel the bones with their hands! This seems to work pretty well.

nagrajm
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Dec 15, 2003, 9:36 AM

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Iyengar suggests - After sitting with legs straight, move the flesh underneath both buttocks sideways with your hands so one can sit directly on the stting bones.

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