lotus position

American  

noun

1. a standard seated posture for yoga, with legs intertwined, left foot over right thigh, and right foot over left thigh.

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lotus position British  

noun

1. a seated cross-legged position used in yoga, meditation, etc

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Etymology

Origin of lotus position

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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lotus position

After taking off your shoes, you are encouraged to sit in the quarter lotus position — legs crossed with one ankle on top of the other shin — if you are a beginner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

The ring-tailed lemurs of Madagascar, for instance, often face the morning sun in a posture resembling the lotus position of yoga but with extended legs.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2021

Eyes closed and sitting in the lotus position, the Buddha underwent weeks of painstaking work at Exoticars in the town of McCandless, north of Pittsburgh.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021

In the center it is in a lotus position and the tears have been transformed into an energy field.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2020

He called for help a few times, but mostly he spent the day in the lotus position, with his new sneakers off, meditating.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman