Welcome, friends, to the Tara Brock podcast. I'm so glad you're here.

Each week, I share teachings and guided meditations to help us awaken our hearts and bring healing

to our world.

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Now, let's explore together

the many ways we can live

from the love and presence that's our deepest

essence.

Namaste. With the attention on the breath, you might extend the breath, lengthening the in-breath,

so it's deep and full, and a slow out-breath.

To help collect the attention, a count of four with the in-breath, slow, full

and deep.

And a matched out-breath, a count of four, slow release. Continuing with this long, slow, full breath. Feeling the breathfully, filling the chest and the lungs with the in breath,

releasing slowly with the out breath. and then just And then shifting from directing the breath to simply witnessing the breath, allowing the rhythm

to be natural.

No controlling of the breath.

With that more collected attention now, scanning down the body, relaxing, releasing

areas of tightness or tension.

You might feel the region of the brow, just letting the brow be smooth, the eyes soft.

Letting the jaw be unhinged, allowing the tongue to fill the lower jaw,

relaxing the root of the tongue,

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