Cross legged
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Woodcut from Jost Amman's book of status from 1568: The left journeyman sits cross-legged.
The cross-legged or Turks seat is a way of sitting cross-legged.
Origin and reason
The following are assumed to be advantages of the type of seat named after the tailor 's occupation over sitting on a chair:
- While sewing, the tailors sat on the table that was attached to the workshop window so that the fabricated pieces of fabric would not hang on the floor and the pieces of fabric that fell off during work would not fall into the dust.
- Allegedly this sitting posture made it easier to work with particularly heavy fabrics.
- The sewing technicians sitting in the middle of the table or on the side of the wall took up only a little of the usually limited space and did not hinder the tailors' work.
- The best light conditions were right next to the window.
Physiotherapeutic importance
Sitting cross-legged can be a helpful exercise for stretching or increasing blood flow to the thighs and pelvis . According to physiotherapists , maintaining the seat relaxes the pelvic floor, widens the transverse pelvic diameter and the pelvic entrance, and can help correct the inclination and position of the pelvis. When sitting cross-legged, ensure that your back is upright to relax the hip joints .
meditation
In yoga , the cross-legged position (Sukhasana) is a meditation posture for beginners. Advanced practitioners practice the lotus position .
Web links
Commons : Cross Legged - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Wiktionary: cross-legged - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oesterreichisches Woerterbuch, 40th edition, p. 672, ISBN 3-209-05511-4
- ↑ http://www.hoppsala.de/index.php?menueID=206&contentID=677