The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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In this delness, begin to lengthen the breath so that you can fill a little chest in the lungs, inhaling fully.

And then a very slow out breath so you can feel the sensations of the breath as you release it.

Again a long deep full in breath, a slow, smooth out breath releasing, relaxing outward.

Again inhaling, filling the chest in the lungs.

And exhaling slowly, releasing, softening down the length of the body, letting go.

And continuing with this breath inhaling deeply, filling the chest in the lungs, exhaling slowly and matching the length of the in breath and out breath.

Without pausing in between, if it helps you might count to five, as the breath comes in, count to five as the breath goes out.

Keeping the attention with the breath, a nice smooth, even breathing, matched in breath and out breath.

Sensing with the in breath and opening to receive.

And with the out breath, a releasing, relaxing and letting go.

And then letting go of any controlling of the breath so the breath can resume in its natural rhythm.

Just observing and experiencing the breath, letting the body breathe itself.

As you sense this life breath, you might notice if there's any parts of your body that want to let go and relax a little more.

Perhaps the shoulders.

Perhaps the hands could soften a little.

And softening the belly, relaxing the muscles and the legs.

Letting this life breath be in the foreground.

You might notice where you feel the breath most naturally, most distinctly, or where it feels most pleasant.

For some, it might be the inflow, outflow at the nose, the whisper of air and the nostrils.

For others, it might be the rising, falling at the chest.

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