Princess Verachantesse, Indian Sitter Pose, Work Session

Here is one work session creating an "indian pose," for Princess Verachantesse. This is a very challenging pose, not only for the rig, but for the animator. It took me something like 25 minutes to get the pose perfect. There must be a better way, but at least by default, Blender's armature and animation features seem to make things like this hard.

What is "things like this?" It's when many parts of the rig have dependencies on other parts. The hand and shoulder interact with the other arm's shoulder and elbow. The knees interact with the feet. If you decide you don't like her spine, and move it, everything else must be carefully placed again.