The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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Take some moments to check your sitting posture.

You can do it really with your eyes closed from the inside out, making whatever subtle

adjustments help you to feel aligned so that you're sitting upright, sitting tall but

not stiff, balanced, sense what wants to let go a little bit right now.

Just right at the beginning, let go.

You might become aware of the movement of the breath and gently feel the breath in the

area of the heart.

We begin with the simple reflection on aspiration.

What is your intention for this meditation sitting, for this gathering?

What is it that really brings you here that matters to you?

Bring yourself sense what you sincerely care about, what your heart longs for.

We can bring that quality of gentleness and receptivity into our whole body and being

as we scan through the body and just relax, it's helpful to use the image and felt sense

of a smile.

You might sense a smile spreading through the eyes, lifting the outer corners of the

eyes.

Getting the brow be smooth, the eyes are soft.

This slight smile at the mouth, you might sense the inside of the mouth smiling.

But the tongue fell the lower jaw, relaxing down to the root of the tongue, and widened

the attention to feel the tingling and aliveness through the whole face.

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