Guided Meditation: Opening to the Sea of Presence (19:53 min.)

Tara Brach

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

When our body and mind is relaxed, we become filled with a very awake, dynamic quality of presence. This meditation guides us in relaxing, opening our senses and resting in the vastness and inherent freedom of our own natural awareness.

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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.
0:04.2	To access more of my meditations or join my email list,
0:07.9	please visit tarabrock.com. Be it. And
0:24.6	the Beginning by being aware of your breath and extending the in breath.
0:47.3	So you can really fill your chest and lungs, nice deep, full in breath.
1:03.0	And then a slow out breath, slowly enough so you can feel the sensations of letting go.
1:15.6	And again, a full deep in-breath. And a slow out-breath.
1:20.6	Letting go.
1:23.6	Letting go.
1:25.6	Letting go. And once again, inhaling deeply.
1:35.3	Exhaling slowly, softening down the lens of your body as you exhale.
1:42.3	Feel the sensations of letting go.
1:53.0	And then notice as the breath resumes in its natural rhythm, feelings of relaxing with the inflow, relaxing open and relaxing with the outflow, letting go. Be aware of the increased quality of presence,
2:31.3	witnessing this breathing body.
2:37.0	That presence can deepen as you intentionally release areas of tightness and holding.
3:00.6	You might feel the region of the eyes and see if you can soften, let the brow be smooth,
3:08.3	sensing the eyes as orbs floating in pools of water.
3:18.3	Perhaps letting a sense of a smile spread through the eyes,
3:22.3	outside corners of the eyes up.
3:33.0	Feeling a slight smile of the mouth, the inside of the mouth smiling, the jaw relaxed.
3:44.0	See if you can feel down to the root of your tongue relaxing, loosening. Letting the shoulders fall away from the neck
4:00.3	and then bringing a very soft attention inside the shoulders.
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