Don’t meditate with your head bent or lying down. Keep your spine erect, your head, neck and body aligned. Then, during meditation, if your head bends down or tilts backwards, that is okay; in fact, it is good. But in the beginning itself, if you lie down or you put your head back, or rest it, you’ll not be meditating instead you’ll fall asleep and be snoring in a while. For meditation, samam kaya-siro-grivam, both sides of your body are balanced. Your body - left and right, head, neck and limbs should be aligned, dharayann acalam sthirah, hold them steady and relax.
