A Meditation Zafu cushion or seat representing the Buddha and originated 2,600 years ago at the time he left, leaving behind what had been her life until then, going into the nature of the Himalayas in search of enlightenment through meditation. "According to tradition, he was made a pillow of dried herbs in order to be able to sit comfortably in Padma Asana and tilt your pelvis forward so we can assist with determining the knees on the ground and thus secured a stable position balanced and fair lumbar curve. " Zafuchile text. It can be round or square, the question is to adapt our bodies to him, and that prevents uncomfortable when we meditate. Now comes the hard part, to the folds of the rectangle. Should be 20-21 when you finish folding. It is important that you concentrate when you're folding the fabric and try to be as accurate as possible, in its folds. Now take the rectangular piece of cloth knee pads and place it on the job, iron the fabric if necessary. To make the folds a little easier or more accurate measures 10 cm from the short edge of the fabric and make a mark. Measure 4 cm from this brand, and make a new brand. Measure 5 cm from the mark and make a new one. Measure 4 cm . . . 5 cm . . . and repeat the marks, as shown in the diagram according to the program, until you get enough marks to 20-21 folds. Each of the two edges of the long rectangular cloth knee pads must be folded three double sometimes, but should not be sewn together. Should overlap each other of 6-7 cm, when the fabric rectangular thing with the two circles. Sew the two sides of the rectangular fabric and remove the needles. With hands on gassho bow the body from the torso forward toward the zafu; to this greeting is called rin'i-monjin. Taking up position with hands on gassho turn to the right, in the sense of clockwise. We repeated the greeting address to the meditation room, this greeting is called Taizé monjin. When we sit on the zafu facing the wall, we consider not to sit in the center of the zafu, but slightly shifted to the front. Thus when we get the zazen posture will get a strong support to form a tripod with the tail raised on the zafu and both knees resting on the mat. Frantic colic . . gives us an idea of ??the zafu, it comes to a home with pieces of blankets and also explains how to make a case for the zafu for travel or just to save . . All links, links or copryright we share in the blog entries belonging to the Artists and Creators of Crafts, are gathered at the Crafts Directory Visit them! . . . . .