meditation pillow

Mindfulness seating support

A meditation pillow is a cushion designed to support seated meditation, typically round or crescent-shaped and filled with buckwheat hulls or kapok.

It elevates the hips to ease pressure on the knees and back during extended sitting: She settled onto her meditation pillow for her morning practice.

Also called a zafu, from the Japanese.

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G