Meditation: Awakening Our Full Aliveness (21:30 min.)
Tara Brach
Tara Brach
4.8 • 10.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
We cut off from our aliveness when we are lost in thoughts and on auto pilot. This meditation arouses a receptivity to sensation from "the inside out," opens the awareness to sound, and then invites a full resting in receptive, dynamic presence (from the archives).
Our introduction music is from "Opening" by Adrienne Torf, © 2025 ABT Music
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, friends, to the Tara Brock podcast. I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:11.3 | Each week, I share teachings and guided meditations to help us awaken our hearts and bring healing |
| 0:17.8 | to our world. |
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| 0:32.5 | Now, let's explore together |
| 0:34.7 | the many ways we can live |
| 0:36.7 | from the love and presence that's our deepest |
| 0:40.1 | essence. |
| 0:47.6 | Namaste. |
| 0:53.5 | This fall we experimented for about six weeks with including an ad before this podcast, |
| 1:00.9 | and we've decided not to move forward with any more advertising. |
| 1:06.0 | Many of you shared that it disrupted the flow of your listening, and I really understand |
| 1:10.7 | it didn't feel aligned with the flow of your listening, and I really understand it didn't feel aligned |
| 1:12.2 | with the spirit of this offering. These teachings and meditations will continue to be freely |
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| 1:31.0 | feels right to you. Feel your body sitting here and breathing. |
| 1:54.3 | And explore feeling the breath at the heart. |
| 1:59.6 | Just notice the state of your heart right now. |
| 2:04.6 | It might be the first time in a while you've intentionally checked in. |
| 2:11.6 | So what's my heart feel like? |
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