So letting the eyes gently close and beginning in one of the most universal ways by deepening

attention to the breath.

I'd like to invite you to take an extended in breath, so we'll inhale deeply, filling

the chest, filling the lungs.

And then a slow out breath, slow enough so you can feel the sensations of the exhale

and then inhaling deeply again, filling the chest.

Go out breath, releasing, letting go, letting go.

And again, breathing in, filling the chest and lungs.

With the out breath, releasing slowly, feeling a kind of softening down the length of the

body as you let go of the breath.

And then letting the breath come back to its natural rhythm, just feeling your attention

close in, relaxed, kind of listening attention, letting the awareness come to the

area of the heart, just noticing the state of your heart right in this moment.

Continue listening inwardly and sensing what most brings you here tonight, what your

real intention is for being here.

Take your time as you ask yourself, really, what is my intention so that you can feel

a quality of genuineness or sincerity.

That sincerity is kind of a sign of having connected with what's really important, what

matters.

Letting the awareness gently scan through the body as a way of releasing habitual tightness

or clenching.

You might soften the eyes, sensing the possibility of smiling into the eyes, letting the brow

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