The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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So welcome to this meditation session and

to begin,

to assume a meditation posture that is supportive for you

to feel embodied, an embodied connection to here and now.

It's not so much that you're going to use your mind

to direct yourself to be here now,

but to start with the body.

And when you're careful with your posture,

this is the beginning of coming into the present with your body,

as if your body is the very foundation, the beginning, the source for being here and now.

And so being a little careful with your posture,

making small adjustments.

You might sway back and forth,

sideways and even forward and back, as a way of finding a bitpoint for your sitting bones,

your tailbone to hold your weight, if you're sitting upright, if you're lying down,

to adjust your, to a little bit rock back and forth, to adjust your shoulder blades. So there's a little bit more down your back, your back. So they're a little bit more down your back.

Those sitting maybe can sit with a little straighter,

but bringing in the spine between the shoulder blades. And there's an art to closing your eyes.

Will you do that quite consciously, carefully,

attending to the eyes as you close the eyelids

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