The Celina Digby Meditation and Yoga range was born out of a desire to create practical products with unique modern designs and a luxurious soft-touch finish.
A range of yoga and meditation cushions has been created to suit many different abilities, techniques and body styles. Mindfulness quotes and yoga positions were researched as a starting point to create the unique designs that have now come to life on these beautiful products.
Zafu Traditional Cushion
A zafu (Japanese) or putuan (Chinese) is a round cushion. Although also a utilitarian accessory, it is best known for its use in zazen Zen meditation.
Zafu is the classic, and most traditional shape of meditation cushion, made with pleats around the sides.
Although it is often translated as "sewn seat" in English, the meaning of the Japanese kanji, 座蒲, is different. Za (座) means "seat", and fu (蒲) means reedmace (cattail, Typha spp.). A zafu is a seat stuffed with the fluffy, soft, downy fibres of the disintegrating reedmace seed heads. The Japanese zafu originates in China, where these meditation seats were originally filled with reedmace down. The words zabuton, zafuton and futon are closely linked. The word zazen meaning "seated meditation" or "sitting meditation" is also closely linked. In western usage, zafu refers to a meditation cushion, and zabuton refers to the cushioned mat upon which a zafu is placed.
Our traditional meditation cushion has a luxurious soft-touch velvet cover, which is removable to allow easy machine washing. The inner is made from 100% cotton, and is filled with 100% organic buckwheat hulls.
It is very easy to add or remove buckwheat to get the perfect cushion firmness for your individual needs. It also has a useful handle to make it easier to transport around.
Each cushion is designed, printed and handmade in the UK. To allow you to refill your cushion, additional buckwheat hulls are available from our website.
Frequently Asked Questions :
How do I use a zafu meditation cushion?
On our website you can find a short instructional video with each type of cushion that will give you brief advice. Further advice can be found in more detailed YouTube videos.
Do I need to buy a Zabuton Floor Mat with this cushion?
It is not essential but the two products do work very well together and are perfect partners. The majority of exercises that you can do with this cushion will require contact with the floor, and so the zabuton floor mat in matching Celina Digby design is the perfect companion.
