Last week, we learned from Bhante Vimalaramsi about adding smiling and relaxing to the active part of the process of meditation. Today, I want to let Ajahn Brahm chime in. He’s big on smiling, enjoying, and relaxing during meditation. We often hear him say: “Relax. To the max.”

During the last eight months we have been meditating weekly together. So how is your meditation practice unfolding for you? We have come across a new monk whom we didn't know about a week ago. He taught us something that we have been missing in our meditation practice.