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.

Namaste. Let your attention go inward a bit and let's begin tonight with the breath.

Very simple, very beautiful gateway.

Inhaling deeply, filling the lungs, and then a very slow out breath.

And sense with the out breath very consciously, a letting go.

Letting go.

Inhaling deeply again, filling the lungs, holding the breath for a moment.

And again a slow out breath, sense of relaxing outward, letting go. It's all through the nose

unless you're clogged up, inhaling again deeply.

Full breath, hold for a moment.

And with the out breath, again, slow exhale, sense that you can soften down the length of the body,

letting go, letting go.

So as the breath now resumes its natural rhythm, sense that you could relax with the inflow, as if with a balloon filling

up, just opening, relaxing open, letting the breath be at the center of the attention,

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