sitting

The butt resting on a surface (often a chair, couch, or bench), possibly in addition to the legs or feet. For a position with the knees on the floor, use kneeling (except with seiza below).

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Positions

• butterfly sitting: Rump on floor, knees splayed, soles of feet joined together.
• seiza: Rump on legs, both legs below body.
• wariza: Rump on floor, legs bent back on either side.
• yokozuwari: Rump on floor, legs both to the same side.
• crossed legs: Rump on chair, one leg on top of the other at the knee.
• Indian style: Rump on floor, legs crossed at the ankles like a pretzel.
• lotus position: like Indian style, but with feet placed on opposite thighs with soles facing upward and heels close to the abdomen.
• sitting backwards: in a chair, facing the backrest.
• sitting sideways: in a chair, facing the side.
• taiikuzuwari: sitting and hugging one's knees.

The following tags are aliased to this tag: sit and sitting_down (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: indian_style, invisible_chair, seiza, sitting_backwards, sitting_in_tree, sitting_on_box, sitting_on_object, sitting_on_person, sitting_on_stairs, wariza, and yokozuwari (learn more).