Explanation: It is when you crouch down low to the ground but without your butt touching the floor.
This position is the position of choice for most of the people of South East Asia. It is how you will find people of all ages perching on the side of the road, waiting for a bus, eating a bowl of rice, chatting with friends, selling goods in the market, using the skwatter toilets or any other place you or I would need a chair.
This position is extremely difficult for our Western bodies to adjust to, I personally have tried to use this position but without success. After years of sitting on chairs our bodies just lack the flexibility that they have. It is like their legs and hip joints are made like Gumby’s… out of rubber! I know many elderly people who can barely sit cross legged on the floor, far less do the crouch.
Try it for yourself and hold the position, I kid you not… it’s difficult!
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