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Tara Brach

Meditation: Living Presence - Experiencing Aliveness and Openheartedness

Tara Brach

Tara Brach

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

4.811.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The pathway to experiencing full aliveness and openheartedness is by awakening awareness throughout the body. This meditation begins by establishing a rhythmic inflow and outflow of the breath, in order to calm and collect the mind. Then continuing with the conscious breathing, we are guided through the body – bringing attention to sensations and space. This attention becomes a very vibrant living presence, and we end by experiencing that living presence as a natural openheartedness that includes all of life.

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0:00.0

The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

0:05.0

To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit

0:10.0

Tarabrock.com. Mm-mm-mm-mm. Mm-mm-mm. See what wants to relax a little.

0:45.0

Just sense what inside you wants to soften,

0:50.0

what wants to let go a little.

0:54.0

See if you can relax your heart

1:01.0

and let your attention come to the heart area.

1:10.7

Helps to feel your breath there.

1:16.0

We begin our formal meditation with a simple reflection on aspiration.

1:23.2

So the invitation is to sense what it is that brings you here.

1:28.8

What's your deepest intention right now for this meditation. See if you can invite or listen to what you feel most sincere about. Feeling the body breathing and with a conscious attention extending the in breath so it's long and slow,

2:21.0

filling the lungs.

2:25.0

And then extending the out breath so it's long and slow.

2:31.0

Releasing the breath so You can feel the sensations of letting go.

2:40.2

Again, a long, slow in breath, you might feel the count of four,

2:45.0

and you're going to be matching the out breath, again, long and slow,

2:50.0

the count of four, without pausing between the in-breath and the out-breath, continuing in this way. I'm going to sensing with the in breath or relaxing open to receive.

3:47.0

And with the out breath or with the out breath, releasing outward, letting go. I'm going to continuing with this long slow in breath and out breath, gently bringing the attention

4:29.7

and feeling the breath at the brow. So you're breathing in and out and feeling the

4:35.8

sensations at the brow and softening the eyes.

4:42.3

As if you could smile into the eyes, letting the brow be smooth.

4:47.0

Breathing in and contacting the sensations that are here.

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