So please come into stillness and close your eyes and we'll begin together in the simplest,

quite powerful way of breathing together. So taking in a nice, full deep breath,

more than you might normally breathe in, breathing in,

feeling the lungs, and then a very slow out breath. So slow that you can feel the sensations

of releasing the breath. And then inhale again, a nice, deep, full in breath.

You might hold for a moment, feel the fullness in the chest, and then a very slow,

conscious out breath. Letting go. Letting go. Letting go. And again, inhaling deeply,

filling the lungs, and a slow out breath. Feel the sensations of releasing,

relaxing outward. Letting go. Letting go. So that as the breath resumes its natural rhythm,

you can continue to bring a very relaxed attentiveness there,

since the possibility with the in-breath of opening to receive, like a balloon might expand,

everywhere in your body, opening to receive. And the possibility with the out-breath of this

that gentle settling, relaxing outward. Letting go.

Let your senses be awake. So you can be aware of the sounds around you.

Also listening inward, listening, and feeling the sensations in the body.

Listening to your heart, sensing this state of your heart right now.

Removed is here, without any judgment, just noticing it.

And continuing to listen and sense into your intention for tonight.

So you're listening inward and sensing what matters to you, what really brings you here.

What is it your heart longs for?

Contacting the sincerity of your heart.

And it's from that place of caring, of aspiration, of sincerity that we bring our voices together,

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