Levitating Lotus Position: Difference between revisions

When seated in the [[Lotus Position]], a character may levitate to demonstrate that he or she is meditating particularly profoundly. The [['''Levitating Lotus Position]]''' is also used as to show that a character is displaying his or her [[Psychic Powers]], intensely concentrating, healing, or is just especially calm.

*== ''[[SaintAnime Seiyaand (Manga)|Saint Seiya]]''==

** Virgo Shaka awaits for the intruders to the House of Virgo in a [[Levitating Lotus Position]]. No surprise here for someone thinking he's the reincarnation of Buddha. Bonus points for keeping the pose while wearing the Gold Cloth armor of the Gold Saints.

* In ''[[Sazan Eyes (Manga)|Sazan Eyes]]'', this is the default position for Kelarla (a [[Cute Monster Girl]]) whenever she appears, floating above the ground.

* ''[[Fist of the North Star (Manga)|Fist of the North Star]]'': Ken's rage Toki's "face breaking fist of compassion" attack has him sitting in this position, floating, while using his arms to direct the waves that break his opponents face. Compassionately. The dramatic after-picture has him the same way, but arms in his lap.

* Dr. Manhattan in ''[[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Watchmen]]'' does the levitating version of the [[Lotus Position]] while creating his fortress on Mars.

* In ''[[BPRD (Comic Book)|BPRD]]'', Liz talks to a [[Shangri La]] monk while he's in the lotus position three feet off the ground.

* R.[[Robert Crumb]]'s Mr. Natural actually shows some mystical powers by levitating in the lotus position and travelling to the city that way -- ofway—of course he's tracking down disciple Flakey Foont, who owes him money.

* Master Oogway of ''[[Kung Fu Panda (Animation)|Kung Fu Panda]]'' also does the levitating lotus pose.

* The [[Hermit Guru]] in the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]''. In the book it just says he's sitting under a tree (quite possibly a [[Useful Notes/Buddhism|Bodhi tree]]) with his legs crossed.

* Subverted in ''[[God of Cookery]]'' when it is revealed that {{spoiler|Thethe character has actually left the ground thanks to the security guards who are in the process of carrying him out.}}

* In the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' [[Virgin New Adventures|New Adventures]] novel ''[[Excited Episode Title|Sky Pirates!]]'', there's a scene where the Doctor's companion finds him "sitting in a lotus and ... levitating three feet off the deck -- something he swore blind that he could only do occasionally and with concentrated mental effort, but which Benny had lately come to suspect was the result of being so engrossed he simply forgot to stay on the ground." (They're in a pocket universe with weird physics, which may or may not explain it.)

* Jake spies {{spoiler|Mike Callahan}} doing this in one of the original ''[[Callahans Crosstime Saloon (Literature)|CallahansCallahan's Crosstime Saloon]]'' short stories. It is one of the first indicationsdefinite indication that there is a lot more to Mikethis Callahanperson than meets the eye.

* In the ''[[Dragaera]]'' novels, Daymar the Hawklord tends to do this whenever he appears via teleportation, or is simply staying still for a while. Lampshaded in ''Iorich'', in which Vlad wonders why Daymar bothers with a feat that's not especially impressive in a society of sorcerers.

* Dhalsim of ''[[Street Fighter]]'' performs a levitation in the [[Lotus Position]] as one of his [[Victory Pose|Victory Poses]]s, and during his [[Teleport Spam|Yoga Teleport]].

* The lotus pose and lotus-with-levitation are stock poses in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' (although the latter is an accidental effect of the lotus emote and the flight power not being mutually exclusive).

* Lord Vivec in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] III: Morrowind]]'' does it.

* The Wizard class has this as an [[Idle Animation]] in ''[[Gauntlet (1985 video game)]]: Dark Legacy''.

* Max levitates in this pose in ''[[The Adventures of Sam and& Max: Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse]]'' Episode 4 after discovering his [[Magic Feather]], which is even more difficult to do with rabbit feet.

* [[The Dragon|Otani Yoshitsugu]] from ''[[Sengoku Basara (Video Game)|Sengoku Basara]]''. Granted, he's actually sitting on a palanquin that levitates due to his sorcery.

* The Nali randomly do that in the original ''[[Unreal (Video Game)|Unreal]]'' and ''Return to Na-Pali''.

* Certain NPCs in ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]'' can be seen learning how to do this.

* Vaarsuvius of ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'' floats in this position (or close enough for a stick-figure comic) while in a trance to regain spells. Belkar took advantage of this once [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0334.html to play a nasty prank on V].

* The [[DCAU]]'s future [[Green Lantern]] of the ''[[Batman Beyond (Animation)|Batman Beyond]]'' time (also in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'') flies around this way.

* In ''[[China IL (Animation)|China IL]]'', Steve and [[Ronald Reagan]] do this after being in stopped time for the equivalent of 100 years.

* Raven, from the ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' animated series. In the one instance she is showing doing so, Starfire is also capable of sitting lotus and floating. [[Justified Trope|Justified]]: Starfire can fly.

* Shirley the Loon from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' does this with levitating as part of her psychic powers.

* Antauri in ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]'' is shown levitating in this position a couple of times, including for a brief while in the opening credits.

* On ''[[Jimmy Two -Shoes]]'', Jimmy does this with levitation when growing a tomato for his [[Dagwood Sandwich]].

* In ''[[The Mighty B!]]'', "Dang It Feels Good To Be A Gamester", Bessie hits this sort of zone, where she becomes telekinetic but only for the final level of this video game. She does a floating lotus during this period, then gently drops back down to the floor of the Hive and comes out of the state.

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