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The lotus so far has taught me how a particular balance is struck:\u00a0 the sartorius muscles rotate the pelvis; rotation in the pelvis extends the hips; extension of the hips generates activity in the piriformis muscles; activity in the piriformis muscles rotates the sacrum contrary to the pelvis and a balance is struck. I can find the sartorius muscles, I can relax at the hips, I can pick up the activity of the piriformis muscles and I can realize a balance.<\/p>\n
Having said that, I would hasten to add that for me the central practice is the location of the mind in space:\u00a0 this takes the form of “where is consciousness taking place, how does the occurrence of consciousness open the ability to feel?”.<\/p>\n
My study now is just about sitting 40 minutes in the morning in the lotus without pain or numbness. Folks that start in the posture early, like about 7 years old, seem to be able to do this pretty well, but I didn’t start sitting at all until eighteen, and it took me 30 years from there to get to the lotus. Still, I don’t have much pain now, and most mornings I get up with a minimum of numbness in the upper foot. The clear feeling for the activity of sartorious and for the sink with extension that catalyzes activity in piriformis seems to be a turning point for me, but it’s not something I can take hold of:\u00a0 I rely on the location of mind in the lotus to open an ability to feel these things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The lotus so far has taught me how a particular balance is struck:\u00a0 the sartorius muscles rotate the pelvis; rotation in the pelvis extends the hips; extension of the hips generates activity in the piriformis muscles; activity in the piriformis muscles rotates the sacrum contrary to the pelvis and a balance is struck. I can … <\/p>\n