Introduction to the teachers and the theme: the Awakening Factors as good friends Guided meditation establishing mindfulness of the body and breathing

Establishing conditions that support the mind to know what is here, and what is needed

Effortless effort as the balance of alertness and tranquility; applying the effort needed to fend off entropy and avoid returning to the stresses and strains of an untrained mind

Using mindfulness of breathing to support energising and lightening into subtle pleasantness and joy

Establishing settledness, groundedness, attuning to the body's earthiness supports sittingn like a mountain, the mind becoming stable, calm, non-trembling, not agitated