Namaste.
Somebody (whom I won't mention) has terrible arthritis in her hips and knees and has Fibromyalgia and recently Herpes. She cannot even get up off the floor let alone sit on it.
She knows that meditating in public is 'out of the question' because having her sit upon a chair would be disrespectful to others who are sitting on the floor.
Privately, it's a different matter. She realises that Lord Shiva knows about her condition (She often blames Him for inflicting it) and thus, she meditates on a chair or laying down in her bed before she goes to sleep.
She knows it's not the 'done thing', but the alternative to that is not to meditate at all and do other forms of Sadhana like 'Manas Puja' or gentle Yoga postures...perhaps helping out at a soup kitchen somewhere.
We can only do what our bodies will allow us to do, even after we get to that stage when we realise we are 'not our bodies'. We are not airplanes or sailing ships either, but try to go overseas without them.
Aum Namah Shivaya
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