The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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Today's meditation is on listening to our life and you might listen to your body as you

feel your way into the sitting posture and make sure the two qualities really we look for in sitting is that you're comfortable.

In other words, a sense of ease and also alert awake.

So as you find yourself settling in your posture, let your eyes close or be partly closed.

So your tension should primarily go inwardly.

We begin breathing together a long slow breath, so inhaling deeply, filling the chest and lungs.

And then a slow out breath. See if you can relax and let go with the out breath.

Inhaling deeply again.

And a slow even out breath letting go letting go.

And again, breathing in, filling the chest and lungs.

And with the out breath, the releasing, relaxing, letting go.

And then allowing the breath to come back into its natural rhythm, observing the breath, observing the body.

Noticing if there's any areas of obvious tension or holding in your body.

And take some moments to give yourself that gift of letting go.

If it's the shoulders, sense the possibility of relaxing them back and down some softening.

Letting whatever tightness or tension might be there, float a bit in awareness.

And it helps to make sure the hands are resting in a soft, easy, relaxed way.

Let the chest be open and the belly soft, loosening, relaxing.

And you can just scan your body and sense anywhere else that might want to let go a little.

And widening the attention, listening to the sounds that are here.

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