The following meditation is led by Tara Brock, meditation teacher, psychologist and author. In this particular meditation, just to find a posture that supports you and lets you feel stable,

lets you feel safe, you might sense a groundedness, kind of like a mountain, really connected to the earth and yet

open.

And as you'd like, you might let the eyes either be closed or downcast so your attention

can be inward and feel awake,

at ease.

You might become aware of this body breathing and perhaps extend the breath so it's a long deep in breath and then a

slow release of the breath and feel the sensations of the air as it leaves the nostrils. And then another long, deep in breath. A slow out

breath, smooth, even release. One more time, inhale deeply.

Release the breath slowly, letting go, relaxing outward, and then allowing the breath to come

back into its natural rhythm.

And sensing that you can relax with the movement of the breath.

Feel the presence that's right here.

Deepening that presence. presence, it's right here.

Deepening that presence by scanning through the body and noticing where there might be

some habitual tightness or tension.

And just sense that by bringing your awareness to those places, there can be some natural

releasing.

You can bring the awareness to the area of the brow, the eyes, and just sense a natural

calling to soften.

Let the brow be smooth, the eyes soft.

You might unhinge the jaw,

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