The quest: comfortable seating.
The reasons: physical: living in different countries such as India, Belize, Turkey, Iran and experiencing floor sitting, charpoys, hammocks;
'playing house' across many years having tub chairs, basket chairs, modern chairs, antique chairs, rocking chairs; having clawfoot bathtubs, Japanese bathtubs, regular bathtubs; constructing window seats, gazebo benches, driftwood seats, swing seats; travelling in car seats, train seats, airplane seats; discovering the variety of toilet seats in Canada, Europe, Turkey, Iran, India, Belize.
psychological: realizing that the degree of relaxation we experience wherever, whenever and however we sit affects the situation in like manner in which we are seated – office, living room, classroom, restaurant, theatre, cruise ship, bathroom, doctor/dentist etc. office, garden, church, vehicle etc.
– communication improves in a relaxed seating – with other people, with ourselves.
– communication can increase when the people are not facing each other; for instance, a parent and child in a car or people sitting watching birds at a feeder or water flowing in a fountain.
The practice: give thought and consideration to the choice of where we seat ourselves; choose seats for comfort; consider beyond conventional for conventional settings – deck chairs in the living room…. ; "put feet up" – foot stools, daybeds, coffee tables, storage cubes, magazine racks…… ; face seating outside – face windows, face doors…… ; plant the garden for 'home appeal', not 'curb appeal.' Curb appeal happens with 'home appeal' focus.
Experiment with an open window with a screen, an open window without a screen.
Considering how many minutes we sit in a day, it makes sense to assure our comfort when doing so.