The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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For those of you that are new, the guidelines for a sitting meditation are actually really simple

in terms of posture.

Just to find a way of sitting that will allow you to feel most alert and also most at ease.

So you might as you close your eyes, just experiment, moving a little from the inside out,

just kind of the subtle movements where you feel you're sitting upright and tall.

And then just to see what might relax a little.

Let the breath lengthen and deepen.

Nice, swollen breath.

And a full, slow out breath, just letting go slowly.

And again, let the breath in be long, slow and deep.

And a slow out breath, slow enough so you can actually feel the sensations of letting go.

And again, inhaling nice and deep.

Slow out breath, letting go, letting go.

And letting the breath be in its natural rhythm.

Just feeling the sense of presence that's here.

Just noticing your own presence, the wakefulness that's here.

Let your senses be awake, you're aware of sound.

You're aware of the body sitting here, the body breathing.

And in a gentle way bringing the attention to the heart.

Feeling your heart.

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