If you have access to a Zen center and/or a well qualified instructor, please get instruction from them.
I’ve added a new page (button at top) with basic instruction on how to sit Zazen. If you can sit full lotus, then do so. If you, like most of us, have so sit in one of the other postures, they are all just fine. The important thing is to sit as well as you can.
Obviously this is not meant to be replacement for a living instructor. But it can serve those who do not have access to such a person and as a reminder when you need to be sure you are using the correct posture.
I, myself have to use a bench (like the sitting in a chair photo) because of large weight gain and arthritis. I hope to work back up to at least Burmese or half lotus. But, one more time, the important thing is to sit Zazen.
