The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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Please make yourself comfortable. Find the position that you feel will most support you

in being awake. You're alert and here and also really at ease, really comfortable, relaxed.

And as you settle in, you might either close your eyes or let the eyes be downcast so that your attention can go inward.

Bringing your attention inward. And noticing what it's like right now.

To help you arrive, you might become aware of this body breathing.

It's helpful to take a few long deep breaths so you might begin by inhaling, filling the chest and the lungs.

And then a slow out breath so you can actually feel the sensations of releasing the breath.

And again, inhaling deeply, filling the chest and the lungs.

And a slow, smooth out breath. Letting go. Letting go.

And one more time, inhaling deeply.

And that slow exhale, softening down the length of the body, releasing. Letting go.

And then letting the breath come back into its natural rhythm, observing the breath, feeling the breath, just as it is.

And noticing perhaps that there's more presence now.

You can continue to deepen this presence by awakening through the body, awaken awareness through the body.

You might feel the head, the scalp and the skull and sense of there's any tingling,

the liveliness that you can detect. Let the awareness sweep through the brow so you can soften the eyes and let the brow be smooth.

Relaxing all the little micro muscles through the face, there's no requirement to have an expression.

Just letting everything relax.

The slight smile perhaps at the mouth can help you to connect with a real feeling of gentleness, kindness.

You might feel inside the mouth, the tongue, let the tongue spread through the lower palate,

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