Postures for sitting

Three postures are recommended for sitting when one is doing Mantrayoga or Meditation they are
Swastikasana (sitting cross-legged)
Padmasana also called King of asanas as it helps tremendously in calming the mind and keeping one centered. (bottom)
Siddhanasana. This asana is good for maintaining celibacy which is utmost important when one is on path of spiritualism. (Top )

The asanas or sitting postures mentioned above should be perfected by practicing everyday. To get the benefits one should be able to sit for as long as 3 hours in one particular asana. In the beginning it might be difficult but one should not give up hope as regular practice will improve ones timing. There are also physical benefits of this postures along with spiritual ones. In all the above postures one should take care that the back and head should be aligned in a straight line and the vertebral column should be perpendicular to the floor. The head should not be tilted forwards or backwards but one should keep the eyesight parallel to the ground. Normally eyes should be closed, but when eyes are closed completely one may feel sleepy or many thoughts may fleet in the mind. To overcome this eyes should be half closed and the vision should be fixed on the tip of the nose. This too will be difficult in the beginning but slowly one will find it easy upon regular practice. One can also fix the vision between the eyebrows but this is very difficult and if one perfects this then the spiritual progress is tremendous.