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Tara Brach

Meditation: A Relaxed, Open Presence (12:30 min.)

Tara Brach

Tara Brach

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This brief practice calls on conscious breathing, relaxing, letting go and a touch of lovingkindness to nurture inner balance, harmony and ease. 

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0:00.0

The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

0:04.1

To access more of my meditations or join my email list,

0:07.9

please visit tarabrock.com. So, begin, let's arrive together.

0:43.3

And by that I mean wherever you are right now, allow your attention to come right

0:52.3

here now into your body, your heart, your mind.

0:57.2

So you're turning your attention inward and you might come into stillness and then make some

1:04.8

subtle adjustments. Just notice where you want to adjust so that you're sitting in a way that's upright.

1:16.1

You can feel a quality of alertness and also relaxed.

1:23.7

And just notice if there's ways you can listen inwardly and let go a bit.

1:38.5

As part of arriving and allowing ourselves to settle, we'll breathe together. Breathe together in a way that I find

1:50.2

is really a powerful part of letting go. So you might breathe in a long, full in breath. You

1:58.9

might count to four.

2:05.8

Hold for a few seconds.

2:11.9

And through the mouth, a slow exhale. And then again, inhaling to the count of four, with the lungs full holding for a couple

2:27.8

of seconds.

2:30.0

And then that long, slow out breath, releasing and sensing the letting go, releasing through

2:38.7

the mouth.

2:43.5

And again, inhaling deeply.

2:53.6

Holding.

2:54.6

Holding. Slow release. And with the release, actually sense your body letting go.

3:02.6

Letting go. Letting go, letting go.

3:12.3

And again, inhaling deeply.

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