Welcome to SweetPersimmon

SweetPersimmon offers high quality, hand made meditation seats, incense, specialty tea, books, kanji calligraphy and photo note cards and other products to enhance your meditation and spirituality. I also have a limited supply of one of a kind utensils for Chanoyu, the Japanese tea ceremony.  If you have a question about our business or one of our products, please don’t hesitate to

"Finally, a comfortable, portable meditation seat that is small enough to fit in a backpack or overnight bag. I was really surprised at how comfortable it is, especially for a tall person like myself (6'4"). I can already think of a number of other occasions besides meditation where it will come in handy." ~ Al Lee
 

Sweet Persimmon News

New! Summer Staw Purses and It's a Snap Clutch Purses

 New! The Haiku Year Spoken Word CD

Introducing our new line of products
Flannel Heat Wraps
and
Handmade Purses and Shoulder Bags

Lots of new items on the site. Check out our new
Tall Portable Meditation Seat below

New! Japanese Matcha Tea Ceremony items
 Japanese Kyusu Teapots and Iron Tetsubin

New this week: Questions, questions, Japanese words for the tea room: haiken, and Multitasking is not a virtue at the SweetPersimmon Blog

Portable Meditation Seat

• Maintain seiza (kneeling) meditation posture in comfort
• Assembles in ten seconds
• Practically invisible when in use
• So small you can take it anywhere
• Choose from six colors to reflect your own personality
• Handcrafted with environmentally-sensitive materials

The Portable Meditation Seat by Sweet Persimmon enables you to maintain your seiza meditation position comfortably, for longer periods of time. The Portable Meditation Seat keeps your back in an anatomically-correct arch, without any weight pressing on your heels, leaving you the feeling of being totally centered.

We find it a natural and healthful position, giving us a more peaceful mind and spirit. No more cramps, no more stiffness.

Your simple, yet elegant meditation seat fits naturally and unobtrusively between your legs, and comes with its own cushion for comfort during longer meditations. The unique design and finish reflect the Japanese wabi aesthetic of rustic, simple beauty.

The three pieces slip together in less than ten seconds, yet the seat is remarkably strong and stable when assembled. It is wonderfully portable, small enough to fit into a handbag or coat pocket, and packs into its own carry case that is padded to serve as the seat cushion. One size fits all.

The materials used in crafting your Portable Meditation Seat were chosen to be environmentally responsible. Each seat is handcrafted from solid, plantation-harvested hardwood. The milk paint finish is rustic and embodies the wabi aesthetic of the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It contains no solvents, yet is durable enough to last a lifetime.

Size: 8" by 5.5" in carrying case
7.5” wide by 4” deep by 5.5” tall when assembled
Weight: 13 oz.

"I like my new zazen bench. It's Great!
...everyone thought it was extremely cool. I could hardly believe it could be small enough to put in your kimono sleeve, but it sure enough is! The design is just so clean and functional, it's so nicely finished and so strong, and I love how the bag converts to upholstery. It really fits a guy my size perfectly." ~ Tim Sowa Olson, Tea Ceremony Sensei, Seattle Urasenke Branch

The Portable Meditation Seat comes in five colors:  green, yellow, white, red, dark blue and in natural unfinished.  The colors are based on the Five Elements of Asian philosophy.  For more information go here.

Price: $49.99 plus shipping. Shipping info

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Our portable meditation seat comes in its own padded carry case that doubles as a seat cushion.

It is quick and easy to assemble

Add the padded carry case that doubles as a seat cushion

Simple design, yet remarkably stable

The portable meditation seat relieves the pressure on ankles and feet when sitting in the traditional seiza meditation position

New! Tall Portable Meditation Seat

We have developed a taller meditation seat for those who need the extra height. The same ease of assembly, compact portability and carrying case, now comes in a taller seat.

"OH, wonderful, wonderful, fantastic - the stool is just great, thank you so
very much indeed.  It really is ideal AND, even though it is a special
version, it is still so very compact for traveling.  You got it spot on; a
joy to use - well done.  No stability problem; easy to assemble/put away!" ~Stephen Hill

Size: 8 by 5.5 by 4 inches in carrying case
Dimensions: 7.5" wide by  4" deep by 7.75" tall when assembled
Weight: 1 lb. 4 ounces

Price $74.99 plus shipping