Greetings. I'm Tara Brock and I'd like to welcome you to these podcasts. While the talks

and meditations are offered freely, we'd very much appreciate your support. To make a donation

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Right from the start, you might sense if there's any part of your body that wants to relax

right now, wants to just let go a little and soften. We take a few full breaths as part

of arriving. And let your attention come gently to the area of the heart. And we take some

moments reflecting together as we begin as to our intention for the evening. So you might sense

to yourself what really brings you here. What is it that matters to you, that your heart

longs for? And as you're listening inwardly, see if you can sense that sincerity that comes

with really connecting with what matters. Whether it's presence or more open-heartedness, more

peace of mind, realizing deeply the truth of who you are, inner freedom. Feel that sincerity

and will from that place of caring and sincerity will do very simple chant the mantra Om, which

is the mantra or sound current of connectedness. If you'd like to bring the palms together to

center the attention in the heart area, please do. We'll chant three times, inhale deeply to begin.

Letting the awareness scan gently through the body is a way of waking up in the realm of

sensation and relaxing. You might feel the region of the eyes and the brow and just soften there.

It can help to imagine and sense a smile spreading through the eyes, letting the outside corners of

the eyes lift a bit. The brow will be smooth. I'm feeling the region of the mouth,

slight smile at the mouth, even feeling the inside of the mouth smiling.

Feel the volume of the tongue relaxing down to the root of the tongue.

Where of the sensations in the lips. Relaxing.

Feel the region of the neck. You might imagine the throat filling the neck.

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