Having just returned from the few days I could make of a local sesshin (I could not after all make it to San Diego), I am curious about zafus. I have always used kapok filled zafus, and always the norm in the zen groups seems to be for foam or cushiony zafus. I find the capok to be superior in every way for sitting. It is more adjustable to my precise sitting bones, causes less numbness and rewards attention of a proper placement at the outset before the bell rings rather directly.
Do people here have some preference? Sometimes I leave my kapok zafus at home in order not to stand out as having a preference, but really the foam seems like a modern mistake. Thanks, --Chris 301-270-6524
