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10	[[caption-width-right:330:Ommmmmmmmmmmmm...]]
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12	->''"I finally came upon the sage floating cross-legged in the air with no visible means of support, for he had no need of a job."''
13	-->-- '''[=TuMok=]''', ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''
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15	When seated in the LotusPosition, a character may levitate to demonstrate that he or she is meditating particularly profoundly. The Levitating Lotus Position is also used to show that a character is displaying his or her PsychicPowers[=/=]EnlightenmentSuperpowers, intensely concentrating, healing, or is just especially calm.
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17	Levitating while in the LotusPosition may also be a sign that a character [[PowerFloats is powerful]] or that he or she is [[OurMonstersAreDifferent far from normal]]. However, especially when PlayedForLaughs, if someone wakes them from their serene inner calm, they'll often spontaneously lose their floaty power and collapse in an undignified mess on the floor.
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19	For bonus points, they may chant "om", a real life [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} Hindu]] and [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddhist]] ''mantra''. It's usual too to keep the hands in a mystic gesture, called ''mudra'' in real life (usually the ''chin mudra'', with the hands laying separately on the knees and each index finger touching the thumb, or alternatively ''shunya mudra'', with the middle fingers instead). This is in spite of these ''mudra'' being far from universal among meditators in real life.[[note]]Hindu and Jain traditions can use a variety of them aside from ''chin'' or ''shunya'', while Buddhists tend to solely use ''dhyana mudra'' (upturned palms overlapping with thumbs touching) instead. Modern yoga tends to work with ''chin'' because it is Hindu in origin, but hand placement is ultimately of little importance in meditation and you will find plenty of teachers and instructionals leaving it to the meditator's liking.[[/note]]
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21	Note that despite its name, the exact posture is not always quite a LotusPosition, as there are several other meditation postures in UsefulNotes/{{Yoga}} that look superficially similar, and many authors aren't familiar enough with them to tell the difference (it also happens that achieving true lotus position or ''padmasana'' actually requires a lot of flexibility and training in real life, so an easier pose comes in handy for live-action media). The most popular variation has the character seated on a simpler cross-legged position called ''sukhasana''.
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23	See also MeditationPowerup. Compare ChunkyUpdraft and LoveFloats for other uses of levitation.
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26	!!Examples:
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30	[[folder:Advertising]]
31	* Used in an advert in which a guru can't levitate until he tries the low-fat yoghurt (as the normal stuff makes him too heavy). Of course instead of saying "Ommmm" he says "[[DeliciousDistraction Yummmmmm...]]"
32	* Red Rock Deli's ad for their Himalayan Pink Salt chips features a climber walking on top of a cave, before it breaks and she falls in. In the cave, she finds a giant floating chip. After taking a bite, she is enlightened to the point where she can meditate like this.
33	* During one of Safe Auto's "Terrible Quotes" commercials, three women in a park float in the air as they meditate. The woman in the middle says a strange quote, depending on the version of the ad you watch. At the end of the main ad, the woman in the middle is seen telekinetically controlling a phone, seeing that Safe Auto can give her a great quote.
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36	[[folder:Animation]]
37	* Mahaguru from ''Animation/GajuBhai'' is constantly floating in the air in the lotus position.
38	* In the ''Animation/OyeGolu'' episode "Yoga Competition", every time Golu does the lotus position, he floats in the air. The yoga teacher sees him while he is floating in the position and is so impressed that she chooses him to compete in the international yoga competition.
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41	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
42	* In ''Manga/SazanEyes'', this is the default position for Kelarla (a CuteMonsterGirl) whenever she appears, floating above the ground.
43	* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': The Kushan sorcerer Daiba practices yoga as a way of focusing his magical powers, and likes to float high in the air sitting lotus-style while he lets his magical conjurations do the fighting.
44	* In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Jiren spends a large part of the tournament he's involved in doing this, because he doesn't consider any of the other participants worth his time.
45	* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'': 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 opponent's face. Compassionately. The dramatic after-picture has him the same way, but arms in his lap.
46	* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Miboshi appears in this position. It is revealed that Miboshi has [[DemonicPossession possessed]] and overtaken a [[WouldHurtAChild young]] Buddhist monk (or monk-in-training.)
47	* In episode 2 of ''Manga/{{Joshiraku}}'', while Kigurumi is having an imaginary date, Kukuru randomly floats in the air in this position, amazing the other girls. Gankyou points out that Kukuru is "floating, undisturbed, on a imaginary sea."
48	* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'':
49	** Virgo Shaka awaits for the intruders to the House of Virgo like this. No surprise here for someone who seems to be the reincarnation of a Buddha. Bonus points for keeping the pose while wearing the Gold Cloth armor of the Gold Saints.
50	** Krishna Chrysaor of Poseidon's Marine Shoguns does the same thing when Shiryu destroys his spear, and he's forced to use his chakra instead. [[spoiler:Shiryu uses Excalibur on him and his vital points anyway, and Krishna dies as a result.]]
51	* In episode 190 of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', the students are forced to hold a meditative position. After Ataru attempts to hit on Shinobu, Lum is angered. She floats in the air and chases Ataru around with her lightning bolts, keeping her position the entire time.
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55	* ''ComicBook/BlackMoonChronicles'': The priests of the [[ReligionOfEvil Black Moon faith]] are often found floating in a lotus position when they're either meditating or accompanying their leader [[SorcerousOverlord Haazheel Thorn]]'s forces.
56	* ''ComicBook/{{BPRD}}'':
57	** Liz talks to a monk from TheShangriLa while he's in the lotus position three feet off the ground.
58	** Later on, in the ''Plague of Frogs'' arc, she herself ends up doing this. While [[spoiler:psychically turning frog monsters' tongues into dragons with her pyrokinesis.]] ItMakesSenseInContext.
59	* Creator/DCComics:
60	** ''ComicBook/{{Robin\|1993}}'':
61	*** The member of one of the families of the map that Merlyn kills in #168 was floating sitting lotus style and meditating when the evil archer approached him.
62	*** When Ra's flunkies try to kill I Ching he doges them by floating above their heads lotus style after taunting them into all attacking at once.
63	** When Raven took Supergirl to Azareth, the priests had Supergirl meditating as she floated in the air. One of the priests says she must not be awoken during her meditation, or she "will never know peace for the rest of her life."
64	* Leonard of ''ComicBook/LeonardLeGenie'' encounters an entire squadron (yes, flying in squadron formation) of Tibetan monks flying like this. One even shouts mayday because he has a leg cramp, meaning he can't get the landing gear out.
65	* Franchise/MarvelUniverse:
66	** ComicBook/ScarletWitch has done this on several different occasions, such as when she is trying to learn more about her powers.
67	** Satana uses the lotus pose to float above a pentagram.
68	** Used by ComicBook/DoctorStrange for purposes of study, meditation, and sometimes AstralProjection. (And RuleOfCool, of course.)
69	** This extends to ComicBook/{{Magik}} in an alternate reality where she is the Sorcerer Supreme.
70	** Used by Moondragon as her standard meditation pose, often when making use of her telepathic powers.
71	** ''ComicBook/XMen'':
72	*** ComicBook/JeanGrey, being both telepathic and telekinetic, can do the lotus and float. Her adult self, that is. Her teenage self tries it... then gets pins-and-needles after about thirty seconds, to the mild despair of Psylocke, her teacher.
73	*** Her son, Nathan Summers a.k.a. ComicBook/{{Cable}}, prefers to do it ''upside-down''. While casually holding off a grand-scale multinational assault with his telekinesis.
74	*** ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, during the ''Nation-X'' arc, assumed this pose as he concentrated on locating the Breakworld bullet and drawing it from deep space back to Earth, in order to free ComicBook/KittyPryde from the bullet.
75	*** During the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda arc, ComicBook/{{Storm\|MarvelComics}} meditates while levitating to train her power over micro-climates. After she manages to make plants around her grow, she uses her power to attack enemy ships.
76	*** Kwannon, the current ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, meditates like this on Krakoa.
77	* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': Spectra does this in the ''Power Ghouls'' comic, ''Polterghoul''.
78	* Creator/RobertCrumb's Mr. Natural actually shows some mystical powers by levitating in the lotus position and traveling to the city that way -- of course he's tracking down disciple Flakey Foont, who owes him money.
79	* In ''ComicBook/TankGirl'', the titular character pulls this off in the ''Carioca'' series.
80	* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]''. The monk Blessed Lightning levitates involuntarily as he's uttering a prophetic warning (and doesn't remember anything afterwards, including levitating) but does so while standing upright. [[RuleOfFunny Then he drops down on another monk's foot.]]
81	* Dr. Manhattan in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' does the levitating version of the LotusPosition while creating his fortress on Mars.
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85	* ''Fanfic/ShadowsOverMeridian'': Kage does this in Chapter 30 while her [[SplitPersonalityMerge Jade and Queen halves]] debate on what to do with [[spoiler: the [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou dilemma]] involving the captive [[KnightTemplar Vera]]]].
86	* Shinji in ''Fanfic/ThousandShinji'' often uses this position when he meditates if no-one is looking.
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89	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
90	* In ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'', Sting from Music/ThePolice is briefly shown meditating in the lotus pose while levitating in one scene.
91	* Gali has a similar pose to this while meditating in the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}'' movie, managing to levitate despite not having psychic powers of any sort, except for telepathy between herself and Takua.
92	* ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'': The HermitGuru in the AnimatedAdaptation of ''Literature/SoulMusic'' is in a levitating lotus (with, strangely, a cushion levitating underneath him). He later appears in the Flower Power pastiche, floating over the crowd. In the book it just says he's sitting under a tree (quite possibly a [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Bodhi tree]]) with his legs crossed.
93	* Performed by Laira in ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights''.
94	* ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'':
95	** Master Oogway has an interesting version of advanced meditation: he uses the crook at the top of his walking stick as a place to rest his head, ''while he balances the rest of his body on top of it''.
96	** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'': Master Shifu on the poster. Also, the little "inner Shifus" that appear floating over Po's shoulders in a parody of GoodAngelBadAngel are also in the LotusPosition.
97	* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' movie, Heather does this. At one point she does it upside down.
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100	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
101	* The hero of ''Film/BirdmanOrTheUnexpectedVirtueOfIgnorance'' is doing a lotus position in midair for his meditation practice in the opening scene.
102	* The first time we see Tom "[[DoubleConsciousness The Astronaut]]" of the far future in ''Film/TheFountain'', he is performing the full lotus floating in the air above his small planetoid spaceship (artificial gravity fields may be assisting him). During the climax, when Tom comes to his personal realization of the ultimate truth of life and death, he climbs out of his bubble-like spaceship (while still enveloped in a smaller, person-sized bubble) and assumes the lotus position again in order to [[spoiler:meet Xibalba head on]]. In the midst of his catharsis, he suddenly appears to [[spoiler:the ancient Mayan priest guarding the Tree of Life]], who is awed by his presence.
103	* Subverted in ''Film/GodOfCookery'' when it is revealed that [[spoiler:the character has actually left the ground thanks to the security guards who are in the process of carrying him out.]]
104	* ''Film/TheGoldenChild''. The title character's astrally projected image does this when it appears to Chandler Jarrell.
105	* ''Film/JadeDynasty'': Tian Ling Er is skilled at this.
106	* ''Film/JennifersBody'': Near the end, Needy's shown to have the levitation ability Jennifer had by floating up from the floor of her isolation cell to the window in lotus position, after which she escapes by kicking through it.
107	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
108	** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': On Titan, Doctor Strange is seen floating in the lotus position while he's using the Eye of Agamotto to peer into the different possible futures.
109	** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'': Wanda Maximoff does this while performing the Dreamwalker spell that allows her to project her consciousness into the body of a version of herself in an alternate universe.
110	* In ''Film/TheScribbler'', Hogan (Garrett Dillahunt) -- the only guy in an otherwise all-female halfway house for psych patients -- tries out his friend's heavily-modified electroshock therapy device. He not only does a blissed-out Levitating Lotus, but also exhibits a PowerGlows aura.
111	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
112	** ''Film/TheLastJedi'': Luke Skywalker is shown floating above the rock he's meditating on [[spoiler:when doing AstralProjection. He then collapses onto the rock in exhaustion, then fades into nothingness with his robe blowing away in the wind.]]
113	** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'': Rey is introduced floating in lotus position several feet above the jungle floor, with a double ring of rocks orbiting around her, as she [[spoiler:attempts to commune with the spirits of past Jedi]].
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117	* In the ''Literature/CallahansCrosstimeSaloon'' story "The Wonderful Conspiracy", Jake glances behind the bar and sees that Callahan is actually hovering above the floor, seated in the lotus position. It is one of the first indications that there is a lot more to Mike Callahan than meets the eye.
118	* In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresSkyPirates 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.)
119	* In the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' novels, Daymar the Hawklord tends to do this whenever he appears via teleportation, or is simply staying still for a while. Lampshaded in ''Literature/{{Iorich}}'', in which Vlad wonders why Daymar bothers with a feat that's not especially impressive in a society of sorcerers.
120	* This actually serves as the plot in Nerissa Marie's ''Princess Kate Meditates''. The meditation-loving Princess Kate is often found floating around the castle. Yet, one day, she ends up floating too high and out of reach of her family and friends.
121	* In the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, Jedi can't exactly fly on their own -- excepting a character in ''VideoGame/DarkForcesSaga'' -- but they have this trope, which they call Rising Meditation. In ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheEmpire: Evolution'', it [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2853490.html appears]] Luke Skywalker has figured it out. Han pranks him by shouting "Hey! How'd that rancor get in here?" and makes him topple. In the official pseudo-documentary book ''The Jedi Path'', Luke [[NoodleIncident comments on this but doesn't elaborate]].
122	* ''Literature/{{Swellhead}}'' has Literature/DiogenesClub hero of TheSeventies, psychic detective Richard Jeperson, [[RetiredBadass come out of retirement]] in the modern era to take on a reality-warping supervillain. In their final confrontation Jeperson gets into this position for a battle of willpower, but not without some assistance from his pretty female sidekick as he's not as flexible as he used to be. The position comes in handy though when the supervillain tries opening a TrapDoor to his [[SharkPool pit of alligators]] beneath our hero, who just floats in mid-air. However the trope is subverted because it's the villain's belief in a WorthyOpponent that's enabling Jeperson to tap into his power; not the [[MeditationPowerup chanting]] or LotusPosition.
123	* The cover of Sharon Gannon's ''Yoga and Vegetarianism'' features a six-armed yogi who sits like this while she holds various items.
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126	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
127	* Phoebe and Paige sometimes did this on ''Series/{{Charmed\|1998}}''.
128	* Commander Sanjurou Sugata from ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'' floats in the LotusPosition.
129	* Kwai Chang Caine does this sometimes while meditating in ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues''.
130	* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': At the start of the "Sabrina Through the Looking Glass" episode, Zelda leads the Spellman family in some Yoga exercises. When they assume the lotus position and start meditating, Sabrina floats up and bonks her head on the ceiling.
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134	* ''National Lampoon'' depicted this in one of their Foto Funnies (like a comic strip, but using captioned photographs instead of drawings).
135	-->"How do you do that? Is it levitation? Telekinesis? Astral Projection? Transcendental meditation?"\
136	"Nope... hemorrhoids."
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139	[[folder:Music Videos]]
140	* Demonstrated by a yogi and Nick Hexum in the video for 311's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYBIRHi5-o8 "Down"]].
141	* Music/{{Numberock}}: In the "Prime Numbers Song", the boy floats in the lotus position, complete with candles, while explaining composite numbers and at the end of the video.
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144	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
145	* There's a video on the official web site of Franchise/TheMuppets showing what the character Animal does on his days off. One of the things he does is meditate in the levitating lotus position. The video also includes the "Om..." element: Animal's meditation chant is "Wooooomaaaaan..."
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148	[[folder:Softwares]]
149	* Done by ''refrigerators and washing machines'' of all things in a screen saver packaged with the various ''[[VideoGame/AfterDarkBerkeleySystems After Dark]]'' screensaver packs. (As seen at around 1:30 in [[https://youtu.be/M1w1SQ3ezh8?t=1m30s this compilation]].)
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153	* Issyria, a Retribution Warcaster in ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'', does this, with her hair and cape dropping below her.
154	* One of the examples of Vulgar Magic in ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'' 1E is a mage levitating in this position. Doing this in the game itself is AwesomeButImpractical, since it's risking Paradox for absolutely no gain.
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158	* ''Franchise/AngryBirds'': Matilda levitates this way in ''Pop Blast'' when she levels up. She takes a similar pose when her rage bar is full.
159	* This is done epically in the DLC finale of ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' by [[spoiler:Chakravartin, sitting on top of a nebula, surrounded by galaxies, and casually throwing planets and stars at Asura as he approaches.]]
160	* ''VideoGame/TheBizarreAdventuresOfWoodruffAndTheSchnibble'': [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, Woodruff learns how to levitate, which he uses to get into various endgame areas. He takes this pose when he uses the power.]]
161	* The lotus pose and lotus-with-levitation are stock poses in ''Videogame/CityOfHeroes''.
162	* Yoga Cookie, an Epic Cookie in ''VideoGame/CookieRun'', sometimes meditates when you play as her. When she does, she levitates, while also creating Pretzel Jellies, attracting Pretzel Jellies, and becoming immune to obstacles.
163	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'': The PhysicalGod Vivec spends his time meditating in this position at the heart of his [[PhysicalReligion palace]] in Vivec City, in part because he's [[GodsHandsAreTied devoting his attention]] to containing the BigBad's minions within a barrier and in part because [[spoiler:he's slowly [[DePower losing his divinity]] due to having lost access to its source, the Heart of [[TheOldGods Lorkhan]]]].
164	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'': Asura is a recurring summon and boss who often appears in the lotus position. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyRecordKeeper'' gives the best view of her floating while in this position.
165	* The Wizard class has this as an IdleAnimation in ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}: Dark Legacy''.
166	* Two of Gene's god roulette moves in ''VideoGame/GodHand'' has him regain health in a floating lotus position, Zen Revival and Enlightenment, which heal 30% and 100%, respectively.
167	* Certain [=NPCs=] in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' can be seen learning how to do this.
168	* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'': During the TrainingMontage where the player character learns the ways of the Jedi, one scene shows them doing this, pulling a couple of chairs into their orbit as they do.
169	* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': This is seen in artworks for some of Karma's skins, such as Dark Star Karma, which features her "meditating in the vast oceans of emptiness where there were once stars".
170	* In "The Champions' Ballad" DLC expansion for ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', [[spoiler:Monk Maz Koshia does this to move around for the third phase of his boss fight.]]
171	* [[ReligiousRobot Zenyatta]] of ''Videogame/{{Overwatch}}'' is always in this position, even when moving. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's not clear whether the levitation is the result of his meditation and spiritual enlightenment or if it's just something he can do anyway because he's a robot]].
172	* Pitfall Harry Jr. in ''VideoGame/PitfallTheMayanAdventure'' does this as his ultimate IdleAnimation, also with levitation.
173	* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Meditite is depicted doing this whenever you encounter one in the wild until ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', and Alakazam assumes the position after [[SuperMode mega-evolving]].
174	* ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2:'' This is how Milla searches the Worldwide Psychic Network, in her meditation chamber.
175	* In ''Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic'', you adopt this position when you regain your health by using up some of your chi.
176	* ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'':
177	** Ly in ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' does the floating variation of the LotusPosition.
178	** In ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins'', Betilla, Holly, Edith, and Annetta all do this to open the door to Moody Clouds.
179	* Max levitates in this pose in ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse]]'' Episode 4 after discovering his MagicFeather, which is even more difficult to do with rabbit feet.
180	* [[TheDragon Otani Yoshitsugu]] from ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''. Granted, he's actually sitting on a palanquin that levitates due to his telekinesis. He doesn't do it because he's meditative or zenlike, though; his disease-ridden body is too frail for him to walk or stand.
181	* ''VideoGame/TheSims'':
182	** Meditating long enough also allows a Sim to levitate.
183	** In ''Videogame/TheSims4'' Vampires gamepack, vampires can use dark meditation which levitates them.
184	* ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'': Khalifa, a fortuneteller, does this as she manipulates her crystal.
185	* Dhalsim of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' performs a levitation in the LotusPosition as one of his {{Victory Pose}}s, as a [[IShallTauntYou Personal Action]], and during his [[TeleportSpam Yoga Teleport]]. This even sparks his rival battle in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' after he's just floating through the streets of Hong Kong like it's no big deal and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Rufus]] comes to the conclusion that [[MistakenForAliens he's obviously an alien]].
186	* The Nali randomly do that in the original ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' and ''Return to Na-Pali''.
187	* ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'':
188	** Nyx's ultimate ability, Absorb, puts her in that position floating inside an energy sphere while absorbing enemy attacks until she reflects back all damage absorbed.
189	** There's also an emote that lets players assume this position with any Warframe.
190	* There's a mini-game in ''VideoGame/WiiFit'' where you sit very still on the Balance Board. If you sit still enough long enough, your on-screen character starts levitating.
191	* The lotus position appears to be required in order to levitate in ''VideoGame/WoodruffAndTheSchnibbleOfAzimuth''.
192	* The introduction of the Monk class to ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has also introduced a number of characters that do this. Player Monks even have an optional ability available to them that enables them to use this as a method of flight.
193	* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch3'' introduces Yoganalisten, a Mysterious tribe Yo-kai who has mastered all yoga poses. This includes a floating lotus position, which she is always in.
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197	* ''WebAnimation/AstroLOLogy'': Since Libra floats in the air, when he's seen meditating in "Mad-itation", he's in a floating lotus position.
198	* In a ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' skit, Ren levitates in a lotus position after completing his training... and then the camera zooms out to show him being lifted off by a fan.
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202	* ''Webcomic/AntiHeroes'': Turrick the gnome prophet appears like this in [[http://antiheroescomic.com/comic/314 Keriss's drug-induced trip]].
203	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Tedd [[http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=22 first appears in Grace's dream like this]] to indicate he is also a god.
204	* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': Sydney will sometimes assume this position for fun while floating with her flight orb; for example, [[https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-966-special-training/ while watching the training session with Vehemence.]]
205	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The Genesis Frog is always depicted floating serenely in the center of Skaia, with his hind legs crossed loosely beneath him.
206	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Vaarsuvius floats in this position (or close enough for a stick-figure comic) while in a trance to regain spells. Belkar takes advantage of this once [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0334.html to play a nasty prank on V]]. V also does it [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0866.html at another time]] to calm down after a panic attack in order to FaceDeathWithDignity.
207	* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'': In [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming Level 7]], Zar the Psion moves around this way.
208	-->'''Zar:''' To clarify, I mean "follow me." Not "try to levitate." That's ''my'' schtick.
209	* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'': In ''Giant Days'', a spinoff of the main comic, Daisy uses yogic floating to take care of some bullies.
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212	[[folder:Western Animation]]
213	* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'''s finale, during the final montage, Huntress Wizard does this very high in the sky.
214	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
215	** The Wally Llama, who tries to escape the Warners by essentially floating away like this. They then catch up to him via the same method.
216	** Dot also performs this for a brief moment in "The Senses Song".
217	* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
218	** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Varrik]] thinks he can do this when he's first introduced, largely due to [[YesMan no-one being willing to tell him he can't]]. He responds well to Bolin's blunt honesty.
219	** [[spoiler:Zaheer]] manages to pull this off after [[spoiler:the death of his lover P'li severs the last of his earthly bonds and allows him to achieve the ancient airbending power of flight.]]
220	* The Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse's future ComicBook/GreenLantern of the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' time (also in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'') flies around this way.
221	* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' episode "Busy Box", when Gwen tries to calm down the Naljian Destructor, she sits in the air and begins meditation, inviting the Destructor to meditate with her.
222	* In ''WesternAnimation/ChinaIL'', Steve and UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan do this after being in stopped time for the equivalent of 100 years.
223	* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': In "Technology," Barry Ditmer, a one-off character parodying Steve Jobs, spends the portions of this episode he would be sitting down in this position instead.
224	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Timmy pulls this off when he's fooling his parents into thinking he's been responsible alone.
225	* The Blue Lanterns in ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' use this often. Warth even uses it rather than walking.
226	* On ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', Jimmy does this with levitation when growing a tomato for his DagwoodSandwich.
227	* [[OldMaster Sensei]] of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' is capable of this, lampshaded by Ron when he uses it to survive a trip over a waterfall. Then parodied when Sensei proceeds to speed around in a display of aerial acrobats that prompts Ron to remark that "Okay, now he's just showing off."
228	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'', "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.
229	* While practicing buckball in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Snails holds a lotus position while levitating himself on buckets used to catch the actual buckball. He's doing it again in "2, 4, 6, Greaaat", using telekinesis on himself to float while he's blindfolded and doing a (close-approximation-of-because-pony-legs) LotusPosition while teaching the buckball players (and later, the cheerleader squad) how to empty their minds.
230	* In "Jack and the Monks", WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack meets a monk doing this.
231	* The animated ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'' has two such characters who make several appearances: One is a [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Aborigine]] capable of astral projection, and who must tie himself to a rock to avoid flying too high. The other is an Indian scientist who's ''always'' about a meter from the ground, possibly even when sleeping.
232	* Antauri in ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' is shown levitating in this position a couple of times, including for a brief while in the opening credits.
233	* Maguro in ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' often does this, which is fitting, as she uses psychic powers.
234	* ''Franchise/TeenTitans'':
235	** Raven from the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans\|2003}}'' animated series. In the one instance she is showing doing so, Starfire is also capable of sitting lotus and floating. {{Justified\|Trope}}: both Raven and Starfire can fly. (Though, GenkiGirl that Starfire is, it was unlikely she fit the "calm, serene" part of this trope.)
236	** Raven also does this in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' In fact, she rarely touches the ground at all.
237	* Shirley the Loon from ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' does this with levitating as part of her psychic powers.
238	* Bloom of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' meditates while training with Maia, in the episode "From the Ashes". When finally earning her Enchantix, Bloom floats in the air.
239	* Annapurna, a background character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wishfart}}'' resembling a Hindu goddess, does this all the time. A major character, Fireball Cat, is also often seen doing this (most prominently in the show's intro), in accordance with his "wise oriental mystic" schtick.
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243	* Several practitioners of Transcendental Meditation have claimed to be able to levitate while in the Lotus position, and there are even photographs showing them in midair in this pose. However, when investigated by the likes of [[MagicianDetective James Randi]], it has so far turned out that these claimants merely know how to ''bounce'' while in Lotus position, and have somebody take a photograph while in mid-bounce.
244	* Self-proclaimed ninja Ashida Kim has filmed a video where he does this quite unconvincingly.
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