lotus position
noun
: a cross-legged sitting position used in yoga in which each foot is on the thigh of the opposite leg
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On the facing page was Gompers’s block print/line drawing of the Tibetan saint and poet Milarepa sitting in a lotus position, a Sierra cup at his feet, and a Campingaz Bleuet stove resting on a boulder.
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Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
The indelible 1963 photograph of Thich Quang Duc, seated in lotus position in the center of a boulevard in Saigon, burning alive, does not exist by coincidence.
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Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2026
Hours passed with our eyes closed, legs folded in lotus position.
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Christina Fang,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
Near it, a woman sat in the lotus position, while a man stretched out on his back across from her.
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David Rabe,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
Another shot featured the model topless in the lotus position as a Japanese fortune teller looks down at her erotically.
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Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
23 Dec. 2024
This is a type of meditation that can take me to a place that lotus position never can.
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Martin Albert For The Wall Street Journal,
WSJ,
12 Nov. 2022
The Alba line, which features a vertical bath, was envisaged for contemporary, single bathers and was designed to support lotus position.
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Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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Literary Hub,
29 June 2026
The indelible 1963 photograph of Thich Quang Duc, seated in lotus position in the center of a boulevard in Saigon, burning alive, does not exist by coincidence.
—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2026
Hours passed with our eyes closed, legs folded in lotus position.
—
Christina Fang,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Apr. 2025
Near it, a woman sat in the lotus position, while a man stretched out on his back across from her.
—
David Rabe,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
Another shot featured the model topless in the lotus position as a Japanese fortune teller looks down at her erotically.
—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
23 Dec. 2024
This is a type of meditation that can take me to a place that lotus position never can.
—
Martin Albert For The Wall Street Journal,
WSJ,
12 Nov. 2022
The Alba line, which features a vertical bath, was envisaged for contemporary, single bathers and was designed to support lotus position.
—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Lotus position.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lotus%20position. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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