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Tara Brach

Meditation: Inner Space-Gateway to Open Awareness

Tara Brach

Tara Brach

Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism, Health & Fitness

4.811.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2014

⏱️ 19 minutes

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2011-08-13 Meditation: Inner Space-Gateway to Open Awareness

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0:00.0

This is refuge in awareness, in this wakeful openness.

0:06.9

And as with all meditation, just to sense your intention as you begin it, to feel your

0:18.9

curiosity without any expectation, to be unwilling to judge yourself, taking a few full

0:36.7

breaths. And I'll be asking questions. And all you need to do is give yourself permission

0:53.2

to let whatever arises spontaneously be there. There's zero effort in here. And the first,

1:04.0

you imagine the space between your eyes. And you imagine the space between your ears.

1:25.5

And you imagine breathing in and out and feeling the space inside the nasal passages.

1:42.7

And you imagine the volume of your tongue, in other words, the space inside the tongue.

1:59.5

And you imagine the space inside the teeth and the gums of the upper palate.

2:15.8

And you imagine the space inside the teeth and gums of the lower palate.

2:28.5

And you imagine the space inside the upper lip. And you imagine the space inside the lower lip.

2:52.8

And you imagine the space inside the tongue and the gums teeth and lips simultaneously.

2:59.5

So the space inside the whole mouth.

3:15.2

And you imagine the space between the forehead and the nape of the neck.

3:29.5

And you imagine the space under the dome of the skull.

3:44.6

And you imagine the space inside the whole head simultaneously.

4:01.4

And you imagine breathing in and having the throat expand, breathing out and sensing the space inside the throat and neck area.

4:26.9

And you imagine the space inside the shoulders.

4:40.6

And you imagine the distance between the shoulders.

4:55.3

And you imagine the space filling the shoulders and the upper back.

5:12.4

And you imagine the distance between your shoulders and your elbows.

5:29.2

And you imagine the distance between your elbows and your wrists.

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