So you lead the way. What should I do? Should I take my shoes off?

You don't need to do anything.

Okay.

I mean, I do, so, so for everyone listening, the most important thing in meditation number

one is intention, like developing this intention, this wish, this determination,

to want to try to do two things.

And the first is like, I'm going to try to control my mind, to the best of my ability.

I'm going to try to control my mind, and I'm going to try to cultivate an experience of inner peace within it.

And so it's just like wanting to meditate, having the wish to meditate.

Once we have that want or wish, then we'll figure

out how to get there. But that's the first thing that we really encourage. In terms of like

how we sit, as I mentioned in the interview, there are three essential points really to

the posture. And those are comprised of, number one one trying to sit with a spine that's straight not tense

secondly we take our right hand and we place it on top of our left with our thumbs lightly touching

and all of these things just help with concentration and being centered.

And then lastly, this has to do with our eyes.

Ideally, if we can keep them slightly open as we gaze down the bridge of our nose, great.

For some people, especially if this is the very first time you're meditating,

you can close your eyes all the way, but eventually

we do want to try to keep them slightly open because as I mentioned, this prevents what's

called mental excitement and mental sinking.

Mental excitement is a busy, distracted mind, mental sinking is a heavy, dull, lethargic

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