What do you call this particular sitting position?

Have a look at the following picture Children seated on the floor, resting on their heels

Is there a word for the sitting position of the boy with recorder ?


Here's a picture that might help you, taken from a guide for grade 3 teachers. It sounds like it's called Heel sitting.sitting positions

There's also Kneeling as noted by @Roddy of the frozen peas, but kneeling does not necessarily mean that your buttock is resting on your heel though. Google kneeling Mary for some examples. Kneeling just means being down on one's knee, whether you're sitting on your heel or your upper legs are straight as in this example.

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And if you want to be very pedantic you could use (never heard of it before, but it's fun to know)

seiza

From WP

To sit seiza-style, one must first be kneeling on the floor, folding one's legs underneath one's thighs, while resting the buttocks on the heels.

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To finish I invite you to consult the Ngram of Heel-Sitting, Heel sitting, Seiza and sitting on his knee. Sitting on his knee is very popular, so it seems Seiza if you're looking for one word. I did not put kneeling, as it's impossible to know if it used for a sitting or semi standing position. enter image description here


Sitting Kneeling

...where the thighs are near horizontal and the buttocks sit on the heels - for example as in Seiza and Vajrasana (yoga).

Some health experts warn:

While sitting on the ankles - puts pressure on the knee joints. This may be in the form of a kneeling to standing jump challenge. Students often sit in this position.