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

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Hello and welcome.

And this week the idea is to

say less at the beginning of the meditation

so we can have a longer meditation.

So to assume a meditation posture

and to find a nice balance on the sitting bones and your spine, a nice way in

which maybe the spine straightens a bit, regardless of whether you're lying down

or sitting up

maybe allowing the chest

to be a little broader

and maybe more room in the belly

for the belly

to relax

and to relax.

And to gently close your eyes.

And often in these beginning minutes of the meditation I emphasize relaxing.

Today I'd like to encourage not relaxing but releasing.

Releasing that's almost like allowing whatever tension or holding there is,

whatever tightness, attachments there are, to allow them what they want, deep inside they want to be released. And that samadhi has a lot to do

with releasing thoroughly, repeatedly, just releasing

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