Some Wake County students are eating their meals while sitting on the classroom floor to help maintain social distancing. Casey Toth [email protected] Some Wake County elementary school ...

In yoga, sitting cross-legged on the floor is known as “sukhasana” or lotus – claimed to have been designed to stretch the muscles, improve posture and bring peace of mind.

Sitting in a 90/90 position (one leg bent at a 90-degree angle on the floor in front of you, the other leg behind you, also at a 90-degree angle), rotates the hip in two different ways.

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Other people like to sit on the floor due to its purported benefits. The practice is said to improve flexibility and mobility, as it allows you to actively stretch your lower body.

Additionally, sitting on the floor requires stretching of certain muscles in order to remain comfortable and stable, which could help increase your flexibility over time, Dr. Cavanaugh added.

"As a parent, you don't expect your child to have to sit on the floor during class time." Pictures sent to ABC13 showed students sitting in a circle on the floor around a classroom.

Like they say in Built to Move, the idea is not to never sit, but to try to sit on the floor instead of a chair. I liked it enough that when I got better I kept on using floor sitting as a “rest ...

In this respect, sitting on the floor can easily aggravate lower back pain. To avoid this, sitting with a lordotic lumbar curve is important.

In yoga, sitting cross-legged on the floor is known as sukhasana or lotus – claimed to have been designed to stretch the muscles, improve posture and bring peace of mind.

Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner says that people living in Okinawa, Japan, keep furniture to a minimum in their homes, so they naturally do most of their sitting on the floor. And, he says, the ...

In yoga, sitting cross-legged on the floor is known as “sukhasana” or lotus – claimed to have been designed to stretch the muscles, improve posture and bring peace of mind.