Seven Steps to Awakening
5) Relaxation of the Body (Passaddhi)
When the body is relaxed the body feels comfortable (passaddha kāyo sukhaη vediyati). With this cognitive ecstasy and physical comfort the mind becomes free of all five hindrances (pañca nīvaraṇa) that disturb the mind. So the affective process becomes still (sukhino cittaη samādhiyati) and enters equilibrium. This too is the natural flow of events in the process of awakening. When the cognitive process experiences a an inner peace by standing out of emotions through ecstasy, the body relaxes and the affective process becomes calm, tranquil, and still, and so experiences a state of equilibrium, which is called samādhi.