Editing Lotus position (section)

== Position ==

From sitting [[cross-legged]] on the floor (Sukhasana), one foot is placed on top of the opposite thigh with its sole facing upward and heel close to the [[abdomen]]. The other foot is then placed on the opposite thigh as symmetrically as possible.{{sfn|Iyengar|1991|pages=129-133}} The pose requires "very open hips".<ref>{{cite book | last=Powers | first=Sarah |author-link=Sarah Powers | title=Insight Yoga | publisher=Shambhala | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-59030-598-0 | oclc=216937520 | page=181}}</ref> It can be modified using a support such as a [[Zafu|cushion]] or blanket; by sitting on its forward edge, the pelvis is tilted forward.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mehta |first1=Silva |last2=Mehta |first2=Mira |author2-link=Mira Mehta |last3=Mehta |first3=Shyam |date=1990 |title=[[Yoga: The Iyengar Way]] |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |isbn=978-0863184208 |page=54}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pynt |first1=Jenny |last2=Higgs |first2=Joy |title=A History of Seating, 3000 BC to 2000 AD: Function Versus Aesthetics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2KFPUOLQc2oC&pg=PA101 |year=2010 |publisher=Cambria Press |isbn=978-1-60497-718-9| page=101, note 18}}</ref>

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