seated posture
How you sit
Seated posture is the position and alignment of the body while sitting.
Good seated posture typically means spine straight, shoulders back, feet flat on the floor: Her physical therapist corrected her seated posture at the computer.
The term appears in ergonomics, meditation instruction, and discussions of back health.
- lumbar supportLower spine cushioning
- desk jobSeated indoor employment
- Zen meditationContemplative sitting from Buddhism
- zazenZen seated meditation
- cross-leggedSeated with ankles overlapped
breathing · mudra · lotus position · half lotus · kneeling · pelvic tilt · slumped · spinal curvature · mindfulness · sitting still · Zen monasteries · erect · cushion · breath awareness · lotus · hunched · relaxed · chair
- postureupright, slouch, slouching, slumping, hunching
- posture in schoolssitting, standing, slouching, straight back, school desk
- Jain symbolsswastika, dharma wheel, moon symbol, blue lotus, red lotus
seated posturestanding posture
Erect body alignment
upright posture · standing position · erect posture · standing · prone position
seated posturewalking
Locomotion on foot
running · moving · in motion · ambulatory · locomotion