You can be interesting to let these moments be ones of conscious arriving, so that right

from the start there's a sense of inviting your attention to be right here.

So finding your position, your way of sitting.

You can check to see if the posture is one that lets you be upright, alert, awake,

and also as comfortable as possible.

As you come into stillness, let your attention and your senses be awake so that you

can feel the physical sensations of sitting right here.

And also be aware of the sounds that are here, the sense of the space you're in.

You might take a few full breaths to help further collect and gather your attention, inhaling

fully, filling the lungs, and exhaling, letting go, relaxing, releasing the breath.

And again, consciously breathing in, filling the lungs, full in breath, and then a slow

out breath, gently releasing, consciously relaxing.

And again, let's breathe in together, filling our lungs.

And then noticing with the out breath that it's possible to soften and to feel very physically

a letting go.

Letting go.

So as the breath resumes in natural rhythm, you can sense yourself more here, relaxing as

it comes in, relaxing as the breath goes out.

With more presence you can begin to listen to your heart and sense what brings you here.

You can begin to connect with that sincerity that longs to be present, that sincerity that

wants to live our lives fully, that wants to love fully, that wants to be free to be what

we are.

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