The following meditation is led by Tara Brock. To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit Tarabrock.com. I'm Oh Oh

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Oh I invite you to find your way of sitting, whatever posture allows you to feel alert,

so you're sitting in an upright way and also at ease.

And take some moments to settle in to invite yourself into presence, perhaps feeling

the breath, feeling your body, letting your senses be awake and knowing that you're

right here.

In meditation practice we awaken mindfulness of what's here in the moment and we also become aware of how we're relating to our experience.

So we begin by sensing the possibility of regarding whatever arises with kindness.

And we can help to bring our bodies into alignment in a kind and open way with the image

of a smile.

You might begin by imagining a great open blue sky and visualize that sky wide open, filled with the curve of a smile, the brightness and

receptivity of a smile.

And just imagine that your mind can merge with that open sky of awareness, so your

mind is filled with the warmth and receptivity of a smile.

You might soften the eyes, let the sensations in the area of the eyes just float in that open sky of awareness and let the outer corners of the eyes lift a bit as if you could smile into the eyes and let the

brow be smooth.

The eyes are smiling and bringing a very slight but real smile to the lips, the sense the inside

of your mouth smiling.

And let that spread through the face, allowing all the micro muscles of the face to soften

and relax.

You might feel it sense that your throat can fill your neck and visualize and

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