The following meditation is led by Tara Brock, meditation teacher, psychologist and author.

Take a moment to set yourself for the sitting, find a way of sitting where you're upright.

So you feel a quality of alertness, sitting tall.

And sense of balance so that if you, for a moment lean forward and then lean backwards,

then lean to your left, lean to your right.

If you move around a bit and then come center and really feel that quality of sitting in

a way that's balanced, center, let your breathing deepen, expanding, extending the in-breath.

So it's fuller and a slow out breath.

And again inhaling deeply and fully.

Slow out breath.

One more time, nice full in-breath, filling the lungs.

And a slow out breath.

And letting the breath resume in its natural rhythm.

Being mindful of the inflow out flow and relaxing with that.

And sensing increased quality of presence as you begin to slow down and pay attention

to what's right here.

Letting the attention come into the heart area so that we together can reflect as we do

most weeks on what brings us here, taking some moments to feel the sincerity of your own

intention.

What is your intention tonight?

From the deepest, wisest, most sincere place in you, what most matters?

You might sense this as a longing or a prayer, perhaps for presence, for open-heartedness,

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