What Posture Do You in Pray In?

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What posture do you use to pray?

Kneeling
Standing
Sitting
Lying down

I tend to alternate depending on how tired I am.

How about you?
 
Usually sitting at my desk or on my bed. And usually laying down when doing the Rosary, for some reason I get really tired praying it. 👍
 
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Usually sitting at my desk or on my bed. And usually laying down when doing the Rosary, for some reason I get really tired praying it. 👍
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That must mean you pray the Rosary for precisely 60 seconds. That’s how long it takes me to fall asleep if I’m praying the Rosary while lying down. 😛
 
If you mean formal prayer, like the LOH, or Lectio Divina, or in my case Ignatain contemplation- then sitting is my most usual posture.

Although I have found that I seem to contemplate equally as well in my job as a private chef.
Me, alone in a quiet kitchen, using God’s bounty to create a dining experience for a group of people who really appreciate it- it’s all prayer to me! 😃
 
Since I do most of my praying in the morning after I wake up, I usually sit on my bed. Even though I’m young, I find that kneeling makes it uncomfortable for me, so I usually sit. :cool:
 
depends, I’m assuming you mean at home, not in a formal setting like at church

for example, right now I just finished reading my evening prayer book and I’m sitting on the couch. sometimes I pray laying in bed before going to sleep.

My husband and I have started reading this prayer book (Magnificat) together at night but he is at work right now so I just read it by myself. When we pray together we are usually sitting on the couch.
 
In church its standing normally, even before and after Liturgy.

Outside of church, it depends where I am. Sometimes I’m walking, sitting in the bus, standing in the train, etc.
 
I have always knelt to say my evening prayers but now in my old age and infirmities, I sit in my bedroom in front of my night stand on which I have a framed pic of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 2 lit candles and a small infant of Prague statue and a framed pic of Our Lady Of Perpetual Help. For my morning prayers I usuallysay them before I arise our of bed. I also do a lot of praying while driving, especially saying the rosary.
 
I do all of the above. Heck, sometimes I’m “Tebowing”.
 
Since getting hit by a car while walking and having 5 ops kneeling is very painful for me. When I pray privately it’s sitting or lying down.
 
Mostly kneeling. But I often try to envision the Birth of Our Lord or the Crucifixion while going to bed. In the shower, I stand (obviously) and pray a few morning offering prayers different prayers. Regardless, when I am able, I kneel. I have, occasionally, tried prostrating, but I don’t usually do that. I have a bedside table where I pray my evening prayers, and for that, I kneel (I actually intend to make a kneeler).

Kneeling is important to me as I see it as a great way to show humility to Our Lord through prayer. If I can’t kneel on a cushion, I would gladly kneel on a hard surface - offering my discomfort to the Holy Souls. I even heard of a Filipino woman doing the Rosary while knee walking which is, I think, walking on your knees for the sole purpose of penance. I have never done that and, for now, do not intend to as my Confessor has never prescribed it.

~ Pius :knight1:
 
Good question. I wouldn’t have thought about it, but I generally sit when I pray. My knees and back just won’t take kneeling beside the bed anymore. Our church has padded kneelers, for which I’m grateful.
 
Depends on how God is working in me. Sometimes I prostrate, sometimes I kneel, sometimes I lay down, sometimes I stand. I don’t sit very much though. Too common of a thing i do.
 
Usually kneeling, but I also sit and at night (before bed) I lie on my side facing the Holy Images and Crucifixes on my night stand.
 
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