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lotus position

noun as in cross-legged sitting

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I found the drama teacher, whose name I didn’t know, sitting in the lotus position in the middle of the stage.

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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.

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I generally sit down in a sort of lotus position.

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

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Lawmakers and clerics thundered about the “danger” and depravity of women doing the lotus position and downward dog in public, ultimately persuading authorities to ban the trip.

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