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I have some random questions for y'all who know more about energy and spiritual things than I do.

First question: Is there a reason the yoga instructor always says to put your right hand on your belly and your left hand on your heart?

Second question: Why does the above combination feel okay if I'm lying down, but gives me the heebie geebies sitting up? If I'm seated I have to reverse my hands.

Third (somewhat related) question: Any idea why, as a right-handed person, the way I'm most comfortable is with my left appendage on top? Frex when I interlace my fingers, my left thumb is on top, and when I sit cross-legged, my left foot is in front/on top. Does this vary by person, or am I the odd one out?

Date: 2023-05-16 03:11 am (UTC)
technoshaman: Tux (Default)
From: [personal profile] technoshaman
IDK, but given that AIUI Yoga is in part about listening to your body, I'd do what works best for you... IANAYI, YMMV, EIEIO...

Date: 2023-05-16 03:56 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] paserbyp
To answer your questions is Kama Sutra.

Date: 2023-05-16 03:58 am (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear

I'm left-handed, and my left thumb goes on top. It probably depends on what configuration you started with, back when you were a toddler.

Date: 2023-05-16 04:11 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] conuly
Third (somewhat related) question: Any idea why, as a right-handed person, the way I'm most comfortable is with my left appendage on top? Frex when I interlace my fingers, my left thumb is on top, and when I sit cross-legged, my left foot is in front/on top. Does this vary by person, or am I the odd one out?

1. It is very common for people to be left handed but not left "footed", left "legged", left "eyed" and so on. Your hand preference has nothing to do with your preference in other areas.

2. That thumb thing with crossed fingers is, imo, badly stated. The real preference is which pinky is on the bottom. When I cross my fingers, the left pinky is on the bottom... and I most often lay both thumbs next to each other, with neither on top. Or sometimes I cross the right one over the left, which means I go left pointer, left thumb, right thumb.

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