Yes, I know that you sit on your butts (at least I hope you do), so let's get the obvious out of the way.

This was touched upon a bit in the Meditation Schtuff thread, but I'm interested in what you do when you sit at home. In other words, besides sitting, do you incorporate other practices such as bowing and chanting? Do you sit facing a wall or not? Do you ring any bells/chimes? Do you light incense and/or a candle? If you chant, what do you chant? If you bow, what types of bows do you do (gassho, full body prostrations)?

I know all of that is unnecessary in our practice of shikantaza, but I also realize that there is diversity in folks' home practice that may facilitate their sitting.

Gassho,
Keith