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	<title>SeizaBench.com</title>
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	<description>Guide to meditation benches, meditating, and more.</description>
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		<title>The Importance of Seiza in the Martial Arts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to being a meditative position, as in zazen (seated meditation), seiza is the traditional manner of sitting in a variety of traditional Japanese martial arts, such as kendo, iaido, judo, jujitsu, karate, nunjutsu, as well as activities such as ikebana (flower arranging) and shodo (calligraphy).

The site below lists detailed instructions for seiza as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bamboo Seiza/Meditation Bench</title>
		<description><![CDATA[YogaTrader.com offers a unique eco-friendly folding meditation bench made of bamboo.
The Bamboo Meditation Bench reduces knee, hip, ankle and back stress with effortless spine alignment. The special curved bottom surface of the legs allow you to slightly adjust spine and pelvis alignment better than a fixed flat bottom bench. Tight hinged bench legs fold up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seizabench.com/bamboo-seiza-meditation-bench/</link>
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		<title>Seiza Bench Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in using a seiza bench, but can&#8217;t afford one or simply want the experience of building one yourself, there is an excellent resource at MichiganBuddhist.com.  Lee Braiden gives step-by-step instructions on how to build a meditation bench with very simple raw materials and some basic tools.

Click here for more details: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seizabench.com/seiza-bench-plans/</link>
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		<title>Meditation Video &#8211; &#8220;The Fly&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is an amusing video with a great lesson at the end:

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		<link>http://seizabench.com/meditation-video-the-fly/</link>
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		<title>Health Benefits of Meditation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HealthAndYoga.com has an interesting article that lists the top health benefits of meditation.  They note that although meditation is traditionally considered a spiritual practice, it has many health benefits.
The yoga and meditation techniques are being implemented in management of life threatening diseases; in transformation of molecular and genetic structure; in reversal of mental illnesses, in [...]]]></description>
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