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I occasionally squat instead of sitting, its a bit hard for me to hold the position for a while though as I'm overweight.
A proper resting squat is a comfortable sitting position. The key to it is not lifting your ankles off the ground, IMO.
Some people(especially westerners) instinctively lift their ankles while attempting to squat, I somehow never do this as it feels unnatural. Maybe because we used to have Indian style toilets at home when I was a kid

I know some Indians who prefer to squat on western style toilets too, but I think that's a bit dangerous...


This isn't a proper resting squat, as their ankles aren't touching the ground:

It looks uncomfortable too


this is a good squat:


some more, from other parts of the world:
Pashtun man:


Indian man(probably r1a1a, this is a deep squat):


another one:


Chinese men:


Thai man: