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W H A L E C H A I R
Mediums
Plywood Furniture
Involvements
Research/ Design/ Model Making
Team
Elia Lai/ Grae Clement/
Sol Clement
A Mindful Meditation Stool for Proper Posture
Some people have bad sitting posture or knee problems while practicing meditation. Sitting for too long exacerbates this issue.
HAVE BAD
POSTURE
OR KNEE
PROBLEMS?
The design of whale chair was inspired by New Zealand’s calm and peaceful west coast, brimming with whales breaching to the surface for air in the golden hour of dusk. Whales just swim and flap the ocean’s waves, and do not get swept into the current of excitement and world’s development. This chair guides you through mindful meditation so as to escape from this chaotic world. The seat evokes the shape of a whale's tail, raised high above the water at the start of a deep dive. This anti-slip shape can help improve sitting posture by ‘fixing’ pelvic tilt, encouraging better circulation and breathing pattern. This product is a novel solution toward a pertinent issue that confounds many meditation practices.
TYPES
sitting meditation postures, basically can be classified as on floor practicing or on chair practicing
Full Lotus
Half Lotus
Seiza
On a Stool
Burmese
On a Chair
on floor practicing
requires greater bending for knees
on chair practicing
easily hunch forward
This is a chair meant for practicing meditation. It aims to help you to form proper sitting alignment, which is especially for those who cannot withstand bending their knees for too long.
Sitting on normal chair may encourage hunching forward
Sitting on a Whale Chair will encourage better posture
Help focusing
Breathe better
Put a person in a more upright position. better circulation, and this helps carry nutrients to the brain, helps focusing while the core muscles get engaged
Breathing is a crucial and fundamental process in meditation. Breath easily with a posture similar to walking upright. The open pelvis position also causes less compression of internal organs.
Footrest enhancement
Align foot with the neck, shoulders and back to reinforce correct sitting and stop from hunching forward
Ideal pelvic tilt
Open up the hip angle to about 110 degrees. Enable to lengthen the hip flexors to relieve pressure in the lower back and ensure the correct alignment of the spine
Anti-slip design
Ergonomic contoured design encourages better receiving the base and the inner thigh, which also prevent sliding
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