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

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So let's do some meditation.

Maybe there's a way that there's a little big lien of the body as we kind to the sensations of breathing.

Connect to the body. and tuning into the connections with our sitting surface,

whatever that surface might be,

on the couch or the band. Maybe even some of you are walking, probably not driving, but walking. I find it can make a big difference to really feel the foundation upon which I'm sitting and to feel grounded and I'm here, which also means now. Now.

Feeling the feet on the ground. Feeling the feet of the legs, the contact with the sitting surface. the pressure of the cushion,

chair, seat, whatever it might be,

pulling that against the body. And if you're using the backrest, pressure against the backrest, pressure against the back. Mark. Opening two sensations and the face.

we often hold tension around the eyes or the jaw. It might be that bringing awareness to areas loosen the tension. It might not not be tense about having tension? took it in in with the neck. For me I like to move my chin, like directly back, not up or down, but back, just a tiny bit.

Opens up the neck and it's a little bit more speed. The shoulders, letting them relax and move away from the ears, shoulder blades sliding down the back. You're not going to see. Just can it be just a tiny bit more open?

Moving the shoulders back. Maybe it's not even perceptible by another person if they were to be looking at you.

This really small movement. You're not going to see. Soft, softened, softened. Soft. You're going to see. sustain attention on the sensations of breathing.

Noticing how the body breathes. Noticing the experience the sensation. noticing the

sensations.

No words are needed.

No words are needed. You're going going to see? You're not going to be here. feeling into the experience of the breathing, noticing a stretch, and the release of the stretch as we inhale and exhale. You're not going to see. You're not going to see. When you find yourself lost in thought, no need to make a story about what it means about you as a meditator or this meditation session.

We just begin again with the sensation.

With the sensation, begin again with the sensations of breathing.

The experience. the experience of breathing. You're going to see. You're not going to be here. You're not going to see? Nothing in particular needs to be happening.

We're just noticing the experience of breathing. You're not going to see? You're not going to see? You're not going to see. You're going to see? You're not going to see? Her death. Part of this tradition is the story of the Buddha meditating under a tree. Is there a way that you can feel supported?

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