The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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Mm-mm. Let's take a few moments to find whatever posture serves you.

Whatever way of sitting, standing, lying being

allows you to feel a sense of presence and ease,

to also feel a sense of safety.

Do you feel grounded, feeling perhaps yourself,

the gravity and the sense of being on this earth rooted belonging kind of like a

mountain sitting with strength and balance and also feel a spaciousness around you that there's room, there's room in this

world for whatever arises.

One of my favorite translations of mindfulness is from the Chinese, that it means present heart.

So we feel our intention to bring that presence, that heart presence,

to whatever arises.

And we begin in a simple way, breathing together. You might very consciously extend the in-breath now to a count of five. So breathing in, inhaling, filling the chest in the lungs. And a slow out breath to the count of five, letting go,

letting go.

And breathing in, nice deep in breath. And then a slow out breath, so you can feel the sensations of the exhale as the breath leaves the nostrils.

And again, inhaling deeply, filling the chest in the lungs.

And then as you exhale, feel a sense of letting go.

Letting go, letting go.

And then as the breath comes back into its natural rhythm, just notice the quality of presence that's here.

The sense of being right here, right now, that we can touch into even with just a little

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