I used to meditate on a yoga mat with a cushion propping up my butt. A few months ago, while readying for a session, my Secretlab Titan Evo caught my eye. Could it work as a meditation chair? The moment I assumed the lotus position in my Titan, I had my answer. Imagine enjoying perfect posture and supreme comfort while meditating. Learn how to achieve that using a Secretlab Titan gaming chair.
In the past, I coped with stress by crushing weights in the gym, and slamming beers at the bar. Then, I read Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now. It taught me how to use mindfulness meditation as a life enhancement technique. From the book:
If you’re new to mindful meditation, The Power of Now offers an excellent introduction. It presents meditation’s practical benefits without mystical embellishment, highlighting advantages like stress reduction, emotional balance, and increased self-awareness. To begin, try this simple technique:
- Focus on your breathing.
- When thoughts arise, maintain your attention on your breath.
- Practice letting thoughts come and go without engaging them.
- Over time, maintaining focus on your breath will become easier.
Meditation Demands Good Posture
Good posture is essential for effective meditation breathing. When you sit upright, your rib cage can fully expand, allowing for deeper, more complete breaths. Proper breathing during meditation should involve your belly expanding outward.
Poor posture, on the other hand, compresses your torso, limiting the amount of air you can take in. By maintaining good posture, you ensure that you’re able to breathe as deeply as possible, maximizing the benefits of your meditation practice.
Using A Titan Chair For Postural Support
Poor posture can hinder effective meditation by limiting your ability to breathe deeply. Poor posture can also make it challenging to maintain an upright spine for extended periods.
Using a Titan Evo chair for meditation can help overcome these limitations, via these features:
- Lumbar support: you can customize the Titan’s height x depth-adjustable lumbar support to perfectly fit your body. With the right amount of lower back support, sitting upright becomes easier.
- Magnetic headrest: the Titan’s strapless magnetic headrest has a massive adjustment range. This makes it easy to support the nape of your neck, regardless of your size or body type.
- Lockable recline: to ensure a strict neutral posture, adjust your lumbar and headrest, then set your recline to 100°.
- 4D armrests: adjust your armrest height and width to support your arms while you meditate.
Bonus: if you wish to try a traditional pose, the Titan’s wide, flat seat base provides enough room to sit cross-legged with perfect comfort.
Related: How to Maintain Perfect Back And Neck Posture In A Titan Evo Chair
Titan Versus Other Meditation Chairs
For desk work, I’ve been enjoying near-perfect posture and superb comfort on my Titan Evo chair for over 4 years. Meditating in my Titan produces similar results.
Below, learn how how the Titan compares with some of Amazon’s top-rated meditation chairs:
Secretlab Titan Evo
In my tests, the world’s best gaming chair matches up well with the $1500+ Herman Miller Aeron. Both chairs support perfect neutral sitting postures. However, while the Aeron forces users to sit upright, the Titan provides incredible versatility.
Beyond desk work, this chair is suitable for lounging, napping, casual gaming, and meditation. As a meditation chair, I find it supports healthy back posture as well as it does for desk work.
- Supports biomechanically perfect neutral postures
- More versatile than ergonomic office chairs
- Comes in small, medium, and XL sizes
- Supports long meditation sessions with perfect posture and comfort
- Pricier than competing meditation chairs
Bottom line: I use my Titan Evo chair for desk work, meditation, and casual relaxation. After 4+ years, it still looks — and works — like it did when it was brand new. Learn more in this Titan Evo long-term review.
Pipersong Meditation Chair
The Pipersong chair offers a padded seat, a crescent-shaped footrest and backrest, caster wheels, and an adjustable seat height. It supports up to 200 pounds and comes with a 1-year warranty.
- Makes it easy to sit cross-legged while meditating
- You can swivel the footrest out of the way when you want to plant your feet on the floor
- Supports dynamic postures while sitting at a desk
- The seat height is the only adjustable feature
- The 1-year warranty suggests a cheap build not designed to last for long
- The odd shape and lack of adjustability is not ideal for desk work
Florensi Meditation Bench
The Florensi is a simple (foldable) bamboo bench with a padded seat. For meditating, users must perch their buttocks on the seat, bend their knees, and tuck their legs under the bench.
The major downside is evident in the image. The sitting style places pressure on the knees and feet, which may be painful when used on hard floors.
- Simple, portable meditation support
- Cheap
- You can bundle it with a floor mat for an extra $50 — more than the cost of the bench itself.
- Not suitable for desk work.
Malu Meditation Chair
The Malu chair is a foldable unit with a padded seat and backrest. It comes with an adjustable backrest and lets you lock the recline in five different positions.
Beyond its use as a meditation chair, Malu advertises it as useful for gaming, watching TV, and reading.
- Portable
- Cheap
- Amazon warns that this model is frequently returned by dissatisfied customers
- Not suitable for desk work
Getting Started With Mindful Meditation
To get started with mindful meditation, you’ll need good posture and the ability to breathe deeply. If you already have a Titan Evo chair, you have the only tool you’ll need to get started.
To learn why you should practice mindful meditation, read Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now to grasp the real-world benefits.
For practical instruction on effective techniques, I recommend Christopher Germer’s The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion. Once you learn how to detach from your thoughts, you’re ready to wield your new skill like a proactive weapon. Learn how by reading James R. Doty’s Mind Magic: The Neuroscience of Manifestation.
