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

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

No question: This is a place where you might interrupt an earnings call to sit in the lotus position and, mindfully, breathe.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2022

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

When Cap wasn’t in the lotus position in front of his locker, he was usually in the music room, strumming a guitar and singing to himself.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman