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<blockquote data-quote="DanielH" data-source="post: 1558516" data-attributes="member: 18034">Depends on the person, I can't give that kind of spiritual advice. One thing I can recommend from personal experience is a <a href="https://stpaisiusgiftshop.com/about-our-prayer-ropes/" target="_blank">simple wooden prayer bracelet</a>. They don't stretch out and are durable. It's a useful tool to use to pray laying in bed as you fall asleep, in a waiting room, in line, or whenever you get a chance.Again, not personally advising you, but standing, kneeling, and prostrate are good positions. The Orthodox Psalter is broken up into 20 kathismata (each divided into 3 stases), which actually translates to &quot;seat,&quot; so named because you can sit while they are prayed, standing to say the short prayers between stases. Contrast this to the akathist prayers which are done without sitting.The Bible repeatedly tells us to pray without ceasing, so I'm sure it's okay to pray while laying down - good time for the Jesus prayer - it's just that there are more reverential positions. Some saints had very difficult ascetic prayer practices, such as Saint Seraphim of Sarov, but what you do should be worked out between you and your priest. Sometimes people try to attain a higher level of spirituality than they're ready for and it leads to pride, or they fail and then they are at a worse state than before.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DanielH, post: 1558516, member: 18034"] Depends on the person, I can't give that kind of spiritual advice. One thing I can recommend from personal experience is a [URL='https://stpaisiusgiftshop.com/about-our-prayer-ropes/']simple wooden prayer bracelet[/URL]. They don't stretch out and are durable. It's a useful tool to use to pray laying in bed as you fall asleep, in a waiting room, in line, or whenever you get a chance. Again, not personally advising you, but standing, kneeling, and prostrate are good positions. The Orthodox Psalter is broken up into 20 kathismata (each divided into 3 stases), which actually translates to "seat," so named because you can sit while they are prayed, standing to say the short prayers between stases. Contrast this to the [B][I]a[/I]kathist[/B] prayers which are done without sitting. The Bible repeatedly tells us to pray without ceasing, so I'm sure it's okay to pray while laying down - good time for the Jesus prayer - it's just that there are more reverential positions. Some saints had very difficult ascetic prayer practices, such as Saint Seraphim of Sarov, but what you do should be worked out between you and your priest. Sometimes people try to attain a higher level of spirituality than they're ready for and it leads to pride, or they fail and then they are at a worse state than before. [/QUOTE]

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