Editing Sitting (section)

=== On the floor ===
[[File:Portrait a man sitting calmly by the side of a road in Shambhunath Municipality, Nepal-4556.jpg|thumb|A man sitting on the ground, on a road in Nepal]]

The most common ways of sitting on the floor involve bending the knees. One can also sit with the legs unbent, using something solid as support for the back or leaning on one's arms.  Sitting with bent legs can be done with the legs mostly parallel or by crossing them over each other.

A common cross-legged position is with the lower part of both legs folded towards the body, crossing each other at the ankle or calf, with both ankles on the floor, sometimes with the feet tucked under the knees or thighs. The position is known in several European languages as [[tailor's posture]], from the traditional working posture of [[tailor]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.org/media/podcasts/061807/TheArtoftheCut.cfm |title=The Art of the Cut |publisher=History.org |access-date=2012-03-16  |url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805035738/http://www.history.org/media/podcasts/061807/TheArtoftheCut.cfm | archive-date=August 5, 2007}}</ref> {{xref|(compare: [[Tailor's bunion]])}}. It is also named after various plains-dwelling [[nomad]]s: in American English [[wikt:Indian style|Indian style]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Larson |first=David E. |date=1976-03-15 |title=Sitting Posture of Children |url=https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1976.03260370016009 |journal=JAMA |volume=235 |issue=11 |pages=1106 |doi=10.1001/jama.1976.03260370016009 |issn=0098-7484}}</ref> in many European languages "Turkish style", and in Japanese {{nihongo|[[agura]]|[[wikt:胡座|胡座]]|The sitting style of non-Han ethnics{{efn|Particularly Turks, Mongols and other Central Asians.}}}}. In yoga it is known as [[sukhasana]], meaning "easy pose."