Sitting on the floor

Today I experimented with sitting on the floor in a different manner than usual. Actually, when I do the Morning Sitting or meditate I prefer and do sit on the chair.

Why? I find it impossible to maintain the effortless sense of going up when sitting cross-legged. But today I sat on fairly high and hard cushions (ca.40 cm). The front of the lower legs was in touch with the floor, and the direction of my legs was just slightly outwards.

This helped to find a solid sense of being grounded through my sitting bones and allowed the freedom in the hip-joints that is impossible for me when sitting cross-legged. Excellent.