If you have De Quervain's tendinosis, this test is quite painful, causing tendon pain on the thumb side of the wrist. Finkelstein test. The arrow indicates the location of pain when the test is positive.
It is advised to refill outside or in a space that is easy to clean. This may be necessary when you wish to wash the cushion/pillow cover. Meditation Cushions filled with Kapok are lighter in weight than those filled with Buckwheat Hulls. But, as mentioned above, removing the Kapok fill for washing the cushion cover can be a little more work.
In the 1870s, a nurseryman named Robert Hoyt raised two seedling kapok trees brought from India. He planted one across from his house, unknowingly determining the future location of the Kapok Tree Inn. In the 1950s, a singer / bandleader / restauranteur from Maryland named Richard B. Baumgardner wintered in Clearwater with his family.