Meditation: Inner Space - Gateway to Open Awareness (20:08)

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🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This meditation is adapted from a meditation called "Open Focus." Let whatever comes spontaneously to your awareness to be there as you follow along with the questions, which begin with, "Can you imagine…?"

(adapted from Open Focus Meditations led by Les Fehmi, Ph.D.)

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0:00.0	Welcome, friends, to the Tara Brock podcast. I'm so glad you're here.
0:11.3	Each week, I share teachings and guided meditations to help us awaken our hearts and bring healing
0:17.8	to our world.
0:24.4	You can learn more or support this offering by visiting tarabrock.com,
0:27.1	where you can also join our email list.
0:32.5	Now, let's explore together
0:34.7	the many ways we can live
0:36.7	from the love and presence that's our deepest essence.
0:45.3	Namaste.
0:48.2	Namaste. This is Refuge awareness, in this wakeful openness.
1:17.6	And as with all, meditations, just to sense your intention as you begin it.
1:35.3	To feel your curiosity without any expectation.
1:43.3	to be unwilling to judge yourself.
1:49.0	Taking a few full breaths.
2:00.0	And I'll be asking questions. And all you need to do is give yourself permission to let
2:04.9	whatever arises spontaneously be there.
2:08.3	There's zero efforting here.
2:13.1	And the first, can you imagine the space between your eyes?
2:24.3	And can you imagine the space between your ears?
2:33.3	Can you imagine breathing in and out and feeling the space inside the nasal passages?
2:42.0	Can you imagine the volume of your tongue?
2:57.6	In other words, the space inside the teeth and the gums of the upper palate?
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