The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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Let your attention go inward. You might feel the movement of your breath.

And gently let the attention rest with the breath, just collecting and settling a bit.

You might imagine you could feel the breath right at the heart, beginning to bring the attention

fully to the heart.

We open our meditation and our time together with a simple reflection on intention.

What is your deep intention for practice right now?

For meditating, what is it your heart really longs for?

Taking some moments to sense what matters to you, what really brings you here.

Letting yourself feel a sense of sincerity, a kind of heart presence.

A most key gateway into presence is being awake in this body.

Then we begin with a gentle scan through the body.

I like starting at the brow. You might smile into your eyes,

since the outside corners of your eyes lifted slightly in a smile.

And let the whole area around the eyes soften.

Let your brow be smooth.

Bringing that same curve and receptivity of a smile to the mouth, a slight smile.

This sends a message to the whole nervous system to be at ease.

You can even sense the inside of the mouth smiling.

Let the tongue relax right down to the root.

Sents yourself feeling the tongue just filling the lower jaw.

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