Get your zafu!

The zafu enhances meditation by helping you get in touch with your breath and the wonders of being present in the moment right now.

Thousands of our zafus are being used in homes and retreat centers throughout the world.

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Many people are converting their dining or living rooms to these floor seats arranged around a low table. The zafu can be used on top of a chair for ergonomic sitting. It's nice to have a few around the house for company.

In general the zafu can be used to create a simple, sleek, minimalist decor for sacred space and slowing down. See our article How We Learned to Live in and Love a Small Space.

Removable covers, sold separately, help keep your zafu easy to clean.
Support Cushions are used under a zafu by those who need a higher seat. Other uses of the support cushion are 1) placed under one or both knees by those sitting in the 'sky' position, and 2) placed in a regular chair with buckwheat pushed to back to create a forward sloping tilt.

We offer two sizes: medium and large.

Most people use the zafu for the Burmese sitting position (shown on above). However, this Asian seat can also be used like a saddle by straddling the top. This usually works best by stacking one zafu on top of another to the the proper height. For a description of sitting positions and sitting techniques, click here.

Excerpt from Wikipedia:

Although 'zafu' is often translated as 'sewn seat' in American English, the meaning of the Japanese 'kanji' is different. 'za' means 'seat' and 'fu' means a seat stuffed with Typha (the fluffy, soft, downy fibres of the disintegrating Typha heads). The Japanese zafu originates in China, where these meditation seats were originally filled with Typha. Today, that is no longer the case in Japan or China.

An alternate translation of zafu is 'cushion for sitting' or 'sitting cushion', where za means 'sitting' or 'sit' and fu means 'cushion'. The words zabuton, zafuton and futon are closely linked. The word 'zazen' meaning 'seated meditation' or 'sitting meditation' is also closely linked. In western terms, colloquially speaking, 'zafu' refers to a meditation cushion, and 'zabuton' refers to the cushioned mat on which a zafu is placed.

For full article on zafu click here.

"I saw someone using a zafu at a retreat and I thought: Wow! this is the greatest thing anyone has invented since the wheel."
Soyun Kim (Passionist Lay Missioner)