Meditation: Breath by Breath – Inviting Relaxation and Ease

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🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This meditation invites relaxation and ease. We begin with a long deep breathing that helps calm the body and mind. Then we release tensions that might be held in the body, and settle our attention in a receptive way with the breath. The intention is to discover the relaxed wakefulness that expresses our natural being.

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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.
0:04.2	To access more of my meditations or join my email list,
0:07.9	please visit tarabrock.com. In the stness, sense this body sitting here breathing.
0:46.3	Allow the breath to become increasingly conscious as you inhale in a long, slow, deep way.
0:59.0	You might count to five with the in-breath.
1:06.0	And then matching the out breath, slowly exhale, releasing, counting to five.
1:19.6	Inhale slowly.
1:30.3	And exhale slowly.
1:52.0	Continuing this long deep in breath and long deep out breath. You might sense with the in-breath that you're opening to receive,
1:56.0	even in a cellular way. And with the out breath of settling and releasing and letting go.
2:11.6	Matching the length. Opening to receive and then releasing, letting go. I'm I'm I'm
2:51.6	I'm
2:53.6	I'm
2:54.6	I'm
2:55.6	I'm
2:56.6	I'm
2:57.6	I'm
2:58.6	I'm Continuing but bringing a very slight smile to the face. Thank you. Thank you. I. I'm
3:25.0	and
3:27.0	I'm If you find the mind drifts and then gently come back and begin again, breathing in
4:02.3	five counts and breathing out five counts.
4:07.3	And if that feels too long, then it's fine to shorten it. Thank you. Now, releasing any control of the breath, letting the breath resume in its natural rhythm,
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