Why I Sit On the Floor to Write & Work

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I have been asked many, many times: "Why do you sit on the floor while you write and work?" and "How can your back stand it? Sitting on the floor like that!" So today, I want to share about why I've invited this practice into my life and how it has helped me physically and spiritually. I hope you enjoy this video, sweet soul! I am going to share all my resources for this space below, as well as an inspiring RU-vid channel that has helped me on my own minimalist journey. All the love & light to you, friend 🙏🌻
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@gemmakitchener8053 2 года назад

I've always preferred sitting on the floor, since a child. I just find it so much more comfortable and there's more scope for movement. I have a desk job, and I find it so difficult and rigid and stagnant having to sit in one position for 8 hours...

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

I agree! I love it too

@PhenomRom 21 день назад

I ended up buying a chair with no arms and a wide base so that i can sit with my legs crossed at work lol. It’s a game changer

@joshs470 4 месяца назад

I can totally relate to this. I learned to live on the floor in other parts of the world when I was younger. It's always a bit weird when Europeans come to my house - they always expect tables and chairs, but people from other cultures are usually completely ok with getting comfortable on the ground.

@RhedaDolinger 7 месяцев назад

I want to say this video changed my life. I have recently embraced a minimalist lifestyle. I have watched this video so many times. You truly changed my life with this video... Thank you and bless you on. your continued success in all your life endeavors... You are AWESOME... Much love! RA

@shredkitten 2 года назад

Got so excited to try this right away -- wow it's so much more comfortable and inspiring for me (as a guitarist), thank you! ♡

@MrMauriceconradi Год назад

Thank you for sharing this, I am instantly inspired 🙏🏻

@e.torrey7513 2 года назад

Your video's are always so calming and inspiring to me. Thx Kate

@joshuastclairmusic 2 года назад

I was wondering about this! I wanted to try it earlier this year when I first saw your writing space but wasn’t sure where to find one of those little tables. What an insightful video - I will definitely be changing by my writing space now 😌 Thanks from New Zealand!

@aanchaljangir9890 2 года назад

This just uplifted my mood. (I am currently in the editing stage of my piece and so it does get a little boring. But this really helped. It was calming and relaxing in a way I wasn't expecting.) And when you said hope you have joy in your journey, that just made my day. Hope you keep making these amazing videos and we wish the same to you too.♡

@jonathanbaumler 2 года назад

I love sitting on the floor next to the couch to write or on the rocks and the sand next to the river. I only do that sometimes though. I’m going to try sitting on the floor much more often and see how I feel. I love how you implemented stretching and different practices while you were writing.. taking a break to stretch, and then getting back at it. I image this makes you much more present and slows the time down. This was a great video! 😁!

@queentingz4802 Год назад

This video was right on time. I love the floor and all the space I had to really work and move freely. I'm currently in yoga teacher training as well.

@spicychilly3636 2 года назад

Love this video! A different video concept but still relating to writing. I also think writing on floor is good for health too. I do crochet and painting on the floor because for me it's more comfortable then sitting on the bed or coach to do these creative work.

@walteragentplummer7031 Год назад

Love that acoustic

@rastafella420 Месяц назад

Thank you, I am in transition phase of my life and I gonna be moving to a new place soon, where I can start from scratch. I have thrown a lot of stuff so I almost don't have any furniture. I was thinking about getting a classical height adjustable desk set up, which is quite expensive. This video inspired me to try out working on floor, before I spent money on a classical desk.

@xlightable 11 дней назад

Same! ✅

@marymcgranaghan9918 5 месяцев назад

Exceptionally presented and informative.

@alanbr4266 Год назад

thats what i needed to know, thanks

@jybelieflife 2 года назад

I like it ! Going to try out.

@workwithjoshua Месяц назад

Thank you! Your perspective was so helpful! I watched ThoughtWorthy Co's video first and then watched yours, so it was nice to see them referenced here. I'm in the process of moving house, with my fancy desk and Herman Miller chair moved, but my computer still here. Only now that I've discovered how GOOD it is to sit on the floor! :D

@caedros 7 месяцев назад

awesome video, thanks for sharing that.

@CCCchanda 2 года назад

As a writer myself, I agree with you to q great amount. it’s always important as people who work In the creative field that we ensure our surroundings are not contradictory to our personality , that our mind isn’t constantly distracted by the things around us and is instead - inspired. And so, I’ve always appreciated your working space for how you’ve reflected your simplistic personality onto it, it’s so amazing to have one particular way to write and one particular space. I am gonna go try sitting on the floor now bieeee😃

@liamburkeofficial 2 года назад

Just seen this comment and that's soooo true about making sure your surroundings aren't contradictory to your personality. Think as artists it's easy to lose sight of creativity outside of the actual process of writing/performing/doing the actual art, and forget that having that same creativity in our surroundings and the rest of our lives is important to helping stimulate and maintain our creative process!! 📝

@radolinger6727 7 месяцев назад

🤟🤟Your reply made my day! It's so great in this new space I feel alive again. ; )

@KAEmmons 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your kind words, light soul! 🙏☮💗so blessed to know this video could inspire you

@isthisatitleforayoutubecha3035 2 года назад

It seems like a way better way of living. It looks healthier, more peaceful and more happy.

@rodrigosouto9502 Год назад

Thank you!

@gemmakitchener8053 2 года назад

Love that you always mention about your karate practice! I also do shotokan karate

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

Yay! Fellow Shotokan karateka!🙏✨

@sunflower-ducks Год назад

I'm definitely going to give this a try! I've been sitting at a conventional desk for so long that I've gotten bored, and upon watching this video, I think it's because my set-up places constraints on my natural tendency and desire to squirm around and move. Watching this video has also got me thinking about trying to incorporate some minimalism into my life-though I don't think I have the willpower to try diving into such a lifestyle head-first, I figure I can at least try out some baby steps and see if that way of living suits me and makes me happier. (Especially considering that as it is, my bedroom, which is also my workspace, is filled with clutter, which doesn't exactly please me.) All in all, great video, Kate! This is the first I've watched from you since subscribing a couple days ago, and I can tell your channel is swiftly going to become one of my favorites.

@alanbr4266 Год назад

THIS VIDEO, appeared almost 2 months ago in my youtube recommendations, I was not looking for it, i watched entirely for curiosity and... It changed my life!! Im not using chairs anymore. the pain i had in my back from 5 years ago, it went away!! and even more, i discovered its so enjoyable, comfortable, i improved my flexibility, etc.. Im so grateful Kate, Thank you!.

@KAEmmons Год назад

I truly can't even express how much your comment means to me! I feel so humbled and blessed that this little video could help you so much in your own practice 🙏🌻💗 love, blessings, light to you

@alejandrarodriguez8410 2 года назад

The vibes of this chanel are everything

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

Thank you! That means the world💛

@natalie15 2 года назад

I like your lifestyle. I'm a Japanese woman. When hearing the term ''chabudai'', I smiled. I used to use it. Maxbe I should start using it again.

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching! Your comment made ME smile...I am so happy that this video could mean something to you!💛✨

@vanessaprestoncreative 2 года назад

Great idea! I'm going to try it because I hate sitting in chairs, and although I love working in bed or on the lounge, it's bad for my back. A wedge cushion sounds like the secret to making it work. Thankyou!

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

I hope it helps! Thanks for being here

@lucasgrey9794 2 года назад

Yes! Very much this! I've recently decided to return to natural movement heavy lifestyle and training. Movnat is my chosen path. The ancient ways are sometimes the best!

@ShahrzadStories 2 года назад

Your video is so well created I'm outright jealous 🔥 Sitting on the floor is part of our culture. Though the more time passes, the more we put space between ourselves and those bits and pieces. I'm definitely going to try writing in this way. I already switched to sleeping on the floor and my back pain has improved immensely.

@ExploreEmbraceExpress 2 года назад

I’m absolutely going to try this! My hips and back feel so locked up from spending most of the day sitting to write.I used to make a lot more time for dancing and other activities. Considering I love floor work as a dance style, this would be a perfect way to fit in some five or 10 minute movement breaks right near where I’m writing. - I absolutely love your channel! Great content. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

@byzoemay Год назад

Have you seen any difference?? Did you try!

@runningyogamom1114 Год назад

Awesome video and share ❤

@shawnmckeegan 2 года назад

I envy you. I use voice dictation, So my "process" has been me sitting, yelling into my phone. I tried writing in a more peaceful environment, but I seem to be more effective in a lazy boy and angry.

@johndoe7171 3 месяца назад

Ha! What a visual. Awesome comment.

@rahulshendre7089 Год назад

thank you so much

@leannebetts5009 2 года назад

Nice video! I've been floor sitting for a couple of months now and came on to find others doing it and how they set up their space. Currently using a coffee table and a diy 3" step stool with a rug and cushion. I'll look into that wedge since I feel like I need a kneeling stool with the tilted seat. Ironically, when I lived in an rv, I converted the dinette into a desk space and didn't start doing the floor desk until I moved into a house. I subscribed and will look into your other vids. :)

@RaabStephan 2 года назад

Those pants look amazingy comfy!

@bluegiraffe7858 2 года назад

Working on the floor is the best!

@wakeoftheflood2 2 года назад

Iv'e been sitting on the floor since about 2014. It only recently occurred to me that its probably more healthy to do so...and when I thought about it, I realized that my lower back hasn't given me the trouble that it used to before 2014. To be frank, I don't stretch or exercise much, though I am active throughout the day at work. I'm 40yo man, and my body is slender and looks and feels the same as it was when I was 20. Side note: I have that exact same cushion that you use in the video :)

@taliw7736 2 года назад

agreed! hoping to sit on the floor more I felt really seen not really being comfortable in chairs

@happysmiley1999 2 года назад

I‘ve just spent my first work day on the floor of my room sitting on a yoga mat with my low nightstand as a „desk“ and it‘s really given me the opportunity to get so much more movement in so I‘m less gittery. Also I can stretch all the time and don‘t get uncomfortable and restricted in a chair. And lastly I had a way better posture because my back was working with me much more than when I sat in a chair. I‘m certain that if I keep this up my back will be hella strong. So excited about this.

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

That is so awesome!! I am so happy to hear that sitting/working on the floor is benefiting you in your journey! All the light, friend 🙏🌻

@kfhibernating 2 года назад

Lol, I totally know what you mean. Whenever I start writing a new project, no matter where I start writing, I always end up lying on the ground to write.

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

It's so much more comfy!!

@YolandeduPlessiswriter 2 года назад

I have watched an older video before of you sitting on the floor and I wanted to try it out. I cannot divulge why I never did, but this video, in this new time in my life, has brought new vigor into the life I want to live and the values I want to teach my son. One of them, sitting on the floor. 😃 As a writer myself and now on a journey to make a full-time career of it, your videos have become an inspiration and beacon.

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

Your kind words mean so much to me, Yolande.💛🙏I am so happy that my videos can inspire you! Namaste

@YolandeduPlessiswriter 2 года назад

@@KAEmmons ❣️

@rheung3 8 месяцев назад

Once I asked my physiotherapist friend, what is the best sitting position? The traditional Korea way. Glad you found it too :D

@thesamuraiman 2 года назад

💜

@kokorodokidoki6437 2 года назад

I like to sit on one or two folded Mexican yoga blankets. I can sit on it so that the front of my pelvic bowl is off the blanket, making the alignment of my spine, neck & shoulders so much more relaxed. I also like to sit in Seiza or with my legs stretched out in front of me. It hurts my knees to sit the way you're supposed to in a chair. When I'm sitting in a chair, I usually change the positions of my legs and hips, sitting "incorrectly" for the sake of relieving stiffness / pain. Having a quiet mind and allowing for physical flexibility and movement are so important! ❤️

@tanneregli6436 2 года назад

Where do you get those pants!? I absolutely love them. I want some so bad!

@Ruthie888 2 года назад

very nice

@renabale1541 Год назад

When I sit in a chair. I tend to sit cross legged on the chair anyways. And I’m constantly shifting around in my chair uncomfortably. Then I had an epiphany-why not sit on the floor! I’m so much more comfortable. I also feel less upper back strain. I also feel more productive oddly! Thanks for this video

@nihonarekun 2 года назад

Dont think i will do my work sitting on the floor, the pets would come disturb me too often xD i would always have someone on my lap lol but i am a big fan of minimalism and love hearing about how other people implement it! i hope to buy my own place soon and live as a minimalist. i grew up in quite a cluttered household, as many people do, and its not rly my thing!

@arvpreenja3090 4 месяца назад

Nice

@a.g.4843 6 месяцев назад

Hi there, i sleep on the floor (On a futon). I can only recommend it

@LampWaters 11 месяцев назад

I did sit on the floor for a long time until I broke my foot and my 5th metatarsal in my foot never healed or joined back together and i have been able to regain function and use it without surgery but, i can no longer sit on my foot. I cross my legs and even under my knee is too much on my foot. I had to change alot if things after from shoes, how i sit and for a long time i had to change how i dressed just for my foot. Im starting a research project and its time to set up a work space and consideration for whats getting me active and engaged but grounded into my work and comfortable for long enough. I get impatient and fidget and i cnt stay at a computer desk chair i cant sit for long enough and find myself walking away and wondering around if i dont have a good chair or sit on the floor. I have to pull my feet up or on a stool or into my chair. I spend most my time reading and taking notes so my feet and being anchored into my seat.. a heavy swivel club chair or on the floor. Feet and my anchor determines how long i stay in that study mode. I have to be as close as I can to outside too. I prefer outside or sunroom and i cant work or be in a room without a door outside for very long. I am always drawn to the rooms with doors and patios, so i tend to claim any room with outside doors as my personal space lolol.

@johndoe7171 3 месяца назад

Nice video with great editing. Very watchable! To add to the info in this video, I can't recommend highly enough the book "Move Your DNA" by Katie Bowman. Not an advertisement, but an excellent resource to be inspired by and grow in your natural/physical knowledge.

@dreamilution2497 Год назад

Same with me..

@joshuazalamea1477 Год назад

What a great video on this subject, I haven’t seen anyone else recommend a foam wedge under their cushion! Where did you find a wedge like that?

@KAEmmons Год назад

Thank you, friend! I'm glad this video could serve you. I got my foam wedge from the yoga company Gaiam

@godzilla964 Год назад

I'm looking to live a minimalist life. I thought about getting rid of the furniture except for my desk and office chair.

@Lunay08 11 месяцев назад

I have been sitting on the floor for a week now and oh boy, is it painful lol. My back is super stiff, my knees hurt as well. I'm hoping that I eventually get the hang of this. I will say, I move A LOT more now, so that's a plus! I was super sedentary before, but I'm moving every 5 minutes at the very least to a different position and stretching out, so I know my body has to be getting some sort of plus from this!

@OfoeNelson 9 месяцев назад

Sit with your back supported against a wall on sitting in floor chair. Sit on something comfortable

@EndzMoney 2 года назад

I always sit in the floor it's normal for me. One decent alternative is sitting on a sofa or a chair with your legs elevated I find this position comfortable and don't get any back pain.

@ReneeMiller1 Год назад

Wonderful video. I'm a floor sitter but can’t find a table that works. What table are you using? ❤

@marlieskonijnenburg-ruisch2225 2 года назад

I hate sitting in chairs. I always pull my legs up and sit crossed legged on chairs and it's just not as comfortable as the floor. I'm so often sitting in the floor in front of my couch or whatever. I was preparing my writing space for nanowrimo and I'm defenitely moving that to the floor where I already did most of my prepping and outlining.

@janty962 2 месяца назад

I was experiencing pain sitting on the chair and put my feets up on a stools. My hip become hurtfull. Now i try to use a small stools to sit again and learn back how to squat down to sit everytime i want to sit and stand up. It makes my foot more healthy

@muhammadadib3387 Год назад

Where did you buy the floor table? I wonder if you can share the size too.

@amalia01 2 месяца назад

Where did you get that pillow? Love it!

@KAEmmons 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! it's this one here: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DR3X4NL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

@skinfiddler 2 года назад

Because you can

@user-ue4sp4pw3v 23 дня назад

Off topic but I need to know more about those pants please 😄

@dental257 4 месяца назад

Please, link to the wedge, featured at 2:35.

@DanielA-nl9nv Год назад

I sit on the floor all the time also, my friends think it's so weird.

@hialeahtv3863 11 месяцев назад

Setting in good cristals is what throws me off 😅

@H01143 Месяц назад

What is the foam wedge for?

@benzrunart.sanico7740 Год назад

What's the name of pillow you're using for sitting?

@khabibpogosyan2587 2 года назад

Thank you so much for your video. Is your rug some type of Japanese?

@8jpg Год назад

Hi, I was wondering if you still follow this lifestyle and if you have changed anything about it or would like to change? I am also interested in floor sitting as well as floor sleeping to better my health and life and its quite hard to get started and know what to start with and how it's gonna work out in the future. Thank you!

@STIKER_SKY 5 месяцев назад

Pls guys can u say name of this table ?

@wakeoftheflood2 2 года назад

Just think about the timeline of human history ....how long did we spend sitting on the ground/ floor , versus sitting in chairs? Hundreds of thousands or millions of years longer. Yet people think I'm weird for relaxing on the floor !!

@S.TJohnsun-to3vc 6 месяцев назад

💃♊🎵🎧

@EnochDark 2 года назад

I suppose this would be the natural progression from the stool (drum throne) I sit on now... I used to sit on the floor a lot when I was younger. Also didn't wear shoes much even outside... Taking time to unlearn habits like this. Now if only I could afford to have an Asian style toilet installed.

@aradhnarawat7964 2 года назад

Hey , please tell me how you avoid back pain or numbness in ur legs?...,I really need tat.

@joannel.8788 2 года назад

How about a link to the foam wedge?

@KAEmmons 2 года назад

This is the one I use: www.amazon.com/Gaiam-Yoga-Wedge-Deep-Purple/dp/B01C45GH5A

@RamaKrishnan-ml3mt 2 года назад

Welcome to mother earth! Sanathana dharma always insists this.

@TheINFP_Diary 8 месяцев назад

i also sleep on the floor, is this something you do?

@patriciaazzinnaro4610 7 месяцев назад

I’m an English teacher and I have created a program called Wellness English, teaching English through wellness. I think this would really be soooo great, however doesn’t it get sore ? I have classes all day, one after the other, and I’m 50

@KAEmmons 7 месяцев назад

Hi dear soul! Thanks for your question. So I would recommend trying it out and see what works for you. Maybe use the floor sitting for part of the time and see how it makes you feel. I also recommend using a yoga wedge like this one, underneath a cushion to elevate the spine, which really helps! Here's the one I use: www.gaiam.com/products/05-62025 hope this helps! 🙏☮💗🌻 blessings and light

@ruthlessrays9761 Год назад

The cramps I would get tho

@Waves888 2 года назад

Is that a macbook? :D

@JordanKaufman Месяц назад

Are any of the sitting on floor advocates married with children? Would be interesting to see how this is incorporated in a family setting.

@jessiejohnson1208 9 дней назад

Yes, but not in USA

@GreenRuled Год назад

Can you add the link where u got the seat wedge? Thx❤️

@hammill444 2 года назад

Yes, well, clearly you are young, fit and healthy. For those of us with chronic low back and foot pain, at 52 years of age, this is just not possible.