Why floor sitting is healthy and feels good.
SlateThis is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. If the big message from the 2000s and 2010s was “Every office worker needs a standing desk,” then “Everyone should sit on the floor” is the 2020s-era sequel. Related From Slate How to Get an Endless Supply of Books Without Leaving Your House or Paying Money I brought a bolster and a few yoga blocks into the room where I was isolating and used the small strip of floor in there to shift into different seated positions while watching streaming shows on my laptop. Then, when I was testing negative and back to work, and readopting the habit of using my standing desk looked daunting, I began to spend stretches of the afternoon on the floor. I liked it enough that when I got better I kept on using floor sitting as a “rest” from standing at my desk, rather than collapsing into my office couch.
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