The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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Oh. Mm-mm. become aware of your body breathing.

And let attention and gently come into the area of the heart.

And you might sense the breath coming in and out of the heart.

We begin practice with an inquiry and the inquiry is what's really most important to you right now about practicing, meditating, being here. What is your intention, your most sincere intention as you meditate.

and taking some moments to sense what matters to you and sometimes you'll get a kind of

prefab answer to that question. Just keep listening.

This is really the kind of question of what is most important in your life?

What is your heart most really care about? You're going to be here. One of the most direct pathways to waking up presence is consciously scanning through the body, feeling the aliveness in the body.

We begin often with the area of the eyes because when we're thinking a lot there's

a contraction, very small muscles around the eyes.

So you might begin by softening the eyes, letting the brow be smooth. Even sensing you could smile into the eyes, letting a smile

spread through the eyes.

And with that relaxing, very receptive to whatever sensations are here.

Perhaps you notice vibrating. Perhaps you visually can see black and white spots dancing around.

Perhaps there's some pulsing.

Not changing or controlling anything, just receiving life.

You can relax the jaw, let it unhinge, slight smile at the mouth.

Letting the tongue fill the lower palate.

Noticing if it's possible to relax down to the root of the tongue.

Noticing how the mouth fills with sensation as you relax.

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