18- If I am fully rested, then I sit in straddling position to meditate. I can usually do this for an hour or two. After that I have to take a different posture, usually modified Burmese style, to relieve myself from a general discomfort that arises from a prolonged sitting in a particular fashion, even though this can be mitigated, in part, by paced walking sandwiched between 45 minutes sessions. Still, I note, the change of the posture brings relief from growing discomfort.
19-Even though I cannot recall exactly how I used to sit when I used to sit for meditations, I remember not having a particular method of sitting. It is probable that I used to sit in hanka fuza fashion. If so, it explains why I developed a shoulder pain after I become a regular meditator, even though I didn't had such problem before. It may have some other causes, but for now I implicate my shoulder pain on hanka fuza.
20- Since I neither desire to sit nor wish to recommend, I shall not detail how it is done? Kekka fusa, unlike hanka fuza, is not associated with unfavorable outcomes, but I found it difficult to master it, as others did. I can now do it for about 10 minutes or so. I shall continue to practice it until I am able to do it for as long as it can be done without undue difficulties. The author says good things about kekka fuza, such as being balanced posture and so on. I was not able, however, to push the waist forward, appreciably, as I sit for kekka fuza, so as to protrude the belly, thereby letting the weight of the body rest on the lower belly, and by implication enjoy most stable posture and quietest mental attitude. I assume, in the mean time, based on my limited experience of kekka fuza, the posture is completely balanced and the modest belly protrusion for now suffices, I presume.
21-To sit in kekka fuza fashion, I place my left foot on the right thigh and then I place my right foot on the left thigh. The reverse position may also be assumed.
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