The following meditation is led by Tara Brock. To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit Tarabrock.com. The I'm Feel your body sitting here and breathing.

And explore feeling the breath at the heart.

Just notice the state of your heart right now.

It might be the first time in a while you've intentionally checked in.

So, what's my heart feel like?

You might sense on a physical level,

whether there's numbness or tightness or soreness

or flow.

And also if there's any emotions moving through you.

The beginning of intimacy with our life is to really notice this moment.

What's happening right here?

What's the quality of heart-mind?

As you listen inwardly, you might listen for what your aspiration or intention is.

What is it that most matters to your heart?

If you could sense how you'd want to feel or what you'd want to be in touch with, what

would it be?

Aware of your body sitting here and breathing, and lengthening or extending the breath. So the in-breath

is slow and long and deep. And the out breath is slow.

Slow release matching the length of the in-breath.

Continuing with a long slow in-breath, a long slow out-breath. No pause in between. You might count

slowly to four as you breathe in, slowly to four as you release. You might sense with the in-breath an opening and a receiving, a filling with energy,

and with the out-breath, a settling, a letting go. And now allowing the breath to resume its natural rhythm, so you're shifting from directing

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