Meditation: Homecoming with the Breath

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🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Meditation: Homecoming with the Breath - This meditation focuses on the breath as an anchor for homecoming. We begin with an intentional breath (coherence breathing) and then establish the natural breath as a home base. The instructions are to rest in the breath, offering a relaxed, intimate intention. Other waves of sensation or emotion are included when they ask for attention as we cultivate an open and full mindful presence. Our freedom arises as we recognize the formless awareness that is our home, and the natural and ever-changing waves that live through us (a favorite from the archives).

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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.
0:07.1	To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit TaraBrock.com.
0:31.1	In this delness, begin to lengthen the breath so that you can fill the chest and the lungs,
0:39.5	inhaling fully.
0:44.1	And then a very slow out breath so you can feel the sensations of the breath as you release
0:50.6	it.
0:56.9	And a long deep full in breath, and a slow, smooth out breath, releasing, relaxing
1:12.1	outward, inhaling, filling the chest and the lungs.
1:28.7	And exhaling slowly, releasing, softening down the length of the body, letting go.
1:40.3	Continuing with this breath, inhaling deeply, filling the chest and lungs, exhaling slowly
1:47.2	and matching the length of the in breath and out breath without pausing in between.
1:54.1	If it helps, you might count to five.
2:01.7	Once the breath comes in, count to five as the breath goes out.
2:31.5	Keeping the attention with the breath, a nice smooth, even breathing, matched in breath
2:45.3	and out breath.
3:15.3	Sensing with the in breath and opening to receive.
3:21.7	And with the out breath, a releasing, relaxing and letting go.
3:51.7	And then letting go of any controlling of the breath so the breath can resume in its
4:05.5	natural rhythm, just observing and experiencing the breath, letting the body breathe itself.
4:18.5	As you sense this life breath, you might notice if there's any parts of your body that
4:36.2	want to let go and relax a little more, perhaps the shoulders, perhaps the hands could soften
4:52.4	a little, softening the belly, relaxing the muscles and the legs.
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