When the Posture Holds Itself

Choose a sitting posture that is genuinely comfortable, on the floor with crossed legs, on a chair, or against a cushion. Settle in carefully, then stay still. The first stretch will feel like effort, the back working, the legs adjusting. Stay with the posture as it is, without major shifting. After fifteen or twenty minutes, something turns. The effort of holding the posture quietly drops away, and the posture begins to hold itself. The body is no longer being managed, it is simply seated. Sit longer in that ease. This is how the saints used to spend whole evenings.