Perfect Christmas Presents 3/5: UPON Meditation bench

The most beautifully crafted Christmas gift for meditators!

joana breidenbach
2 min readDec 13, 2021

I love this. My American friend Mike LaVigne, a devoted product designer and long-time meditator, together with Berlin-based Maker Wolf Jeschonnek, created the fold-up meditation bench UPON.

The joints are beautifully made and the bench folds up completely

“Bedroom, monastic retreat or weekend getaway, it goes where you go.”

I had the privilege of testing the bench some months before it went into production just a few days ago and have taken it with me everywhere, even on a hiking trip. But also use it regularly at home. It’s perfect for sitting cross-legged, as well as in kneeling postures with legs under the bench.

The bench folds up completely, is very light and fits into every rucksack. It’s available in two sizes (I use small) and made out of sustainably sourced bamboo or maple wood.

Check out the website and order a bench for someone who loves to meditate.

PS. The video of Mike using the bench was shot in my garden and house.

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joana breidenbach

anthropologist, author, social entrepreneur, co-founder of betterplace.org and betterplace lab, more recently New Work needs Inner Work