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Pheel
China
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 Posted - Mar 26 2012 : 9:28:27 PM
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Hi everyone,
I have another question, a question on siddhasana. I was recently ready to take on siddhasana after passing a bottle-neck stage of practice. But I found a physical problem in doing it:
My shins are obviously shorter than my thighs. And the result of that is when I sit in siddhasana, the heel underneath the perineum, I felt an out-pulling force. This force might not move my heel obviously, but sometimes it did result in rubbing the root of my sexual organ. (For the same reason, my feet stays inside my thigh, instead of sticking outside as ppl with longer shins do.) Pls let me know if this might be caused by my doing it in a wrong way.
So I am now planning to do half-lotus with a prosthetic. For now I use a rolled up sock. But it's not very comfy sometimes. Any suggestions for better replacements?
Namaste!
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JDH
USA
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Posted - Mar 26 2012 : 9:47:41 PM
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Pheel,
With a scissors, I cut half the sock away (or more), to make the prosthetic smaller and more comfortable. It takes only a slight bit of pressure at the perineum to get the siddhasana effect. |
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Pheel
China
318 Posts |
Posted - Mar 26 2012 : 10:41:47 PM
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Hi JDH,
Thanks for the reply! Yea, how much pressure should be exerted is still something I need to experiment. But the heel, even on soft surface, seemed to be too much pressure..
Do you mind upload a picture of the final product of your sock? that's give me an idea of what you did with it. ps, I was a bit scared when I saw "with a scissors,,,,,"
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Swan
India
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Posted - Mar 27 2012 : 12:02:07 AM
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Regarding the pressure, my experience says that it should be gentle.
Couple of months ago, I was having strained feeling and slight pain, on and off, inside the perinium and over all genital and pelvic area. I was not sure why it was so, and just before asking for help in the forum, it occured to me that reduced pressure may be tried. And it worked fine.
I found that rather than pressing perinium with the heel, I was almost sitting on the heel. I started practicing with the heel placed more towards the front side, which caused a much gentler pressure and all the issues, which were there for nearly a month or more, were gone in three to five days.
Hope this helps... |
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JDH
USA
331 Posts |
Posted - Mar 27 2012 : 12:33:12 AM
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Something like this is what I use, rolled up. When I made it, I cut a little away from the sock each time I used siddhasana until it felt right. The final size is your personal preference.
http://tinyurl.com/c5fhgmj
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Pheel
China
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Posted - Mar 27 2012 : 3:39:44 PM
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thanks, man! I'm thinking of rolling it up without any hard folds, and seal it up with some tapes, so I can carry it ard when traveling. you know.
ps, I just found yr reply to my post in tantra forum. I'll reply soon:) |
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Siddhasana: a physical problem
