The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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please visit tarabrock.com. You might close your eyes, let your attention go inward, feel the movement of the breath,

and see if you can sense and imagine and feel the breath at the heart as if you're

breathing into the heart and out of the heart. We begin with a reflection on the question, what is my deepest intention?

Right this moment, what's my deepest intention for being here?

For practicing meditation?

You might even think of it in a broad way,

your intention in your life, as if you were at the end of your life looking back,

what would matter?

What's the quality of heart, of presence you want to bring to the world? It's reflecting and sensing what you feel most sincere about. Sitting still and feeling the aliveness that's right here in the stillness

that's right here in the stillness. Gently scanning the body with your awareness

and seeing what might want to let go a little right now.

Where's your tension that when you meet it with awareness can relax, soften?

You might want to bring your attention to the region of the eyes.

Let the eyes soften.

Sensing a smile lifting up the corners, the outside corners of the eyes.

Letting the flesh around the eyes be relaxed, the brows smooth.

See if you can notice the tingling and vibrating in that region as you relax and soften.

You might sense a slight smile at the mouth.

Let the jaws be unhinged, letting the tongue fill, lower palate.

Relax down to the root of the tongue.

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