Welcome, friends, to the Tara Brock podcast. I'm so glad you're here.

Each week, I share teachings and guided meditations to help us awaken our hearts and bring healing

to our world.

You can learn more or support this offering by visiting tarabrock.com,

where you can also join our email list.

Now, let's explore together

the many ways we can live

from the love and presence that's our deepest

essence.

Namaste.

This fall we experimented for about six weeks with including an ad before this podcast,

and we've decided not to move forward with any more advertising.

Many of you shared that it disrupted the flow of your listening, and I really understand

it didn't feel aligned with the flow of your listening, and I really understand it didn't feel aligned

with the spirit of this offering. These teachings and meditations will continue to be freely

available, and your support truly makes that possible. Thank you, friends. Thank you for whatever

you've offered and for your continued generosity in whatever form

feels right to you. Namaste. Welcome, friends, and thank you for being here.

I'll be beginning with a story that I love, which is a woman tells about a tired-looking old dog that wandered into her yard.

And she said she could tell from the collar, there weren't tags or from the collar that the dog was well-fed and clean.

He had a home.

And so he followed her into the house and down the hall and he hopped on the couch and fell asleep. And she said, well, my dogs didn't seem to mind

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