The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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We begin always with a meditation and I thought today what we do is a practice on self-compassion,

the reign of self-compassion, which I just love this practice.

So if you will, take a moment to find your way of sitting that will support you for the

next 10-15 minutes, adjusting your posture so you're feeling comfortable, so you're relaxed,

at ease, and also alert, awake.

As you're ready, you might close your eyes and let the attention go inward.

We begin by just breathing together, extending our breath so that the in-breath now breathing

in long and deep, filling the chest and lungs.

And a slow out breath, feel the sensations of the breath leaving the nostrils, inhaling

again, a deep full in breath, and a slow even out breath, sense of letting go, letting

go, letting go.

And once again, inhaling deeply, and that slow out breath, relaxing outward, letting

go, and then allowing the breath to come back into a natural rhythm, getting aware of

the presence that's right here, the sense is awake, and you might take a moment to scan

through your body, and sense what might want to let go just a little bit more right now.

It's very helpful to feel your face and let the eyes soften, maybe bring a slight smile

to the mouth, to let go a bit in the shoulders.

See if you can soften.

Let there be an openness to the chest.

And softening the belly, letting this next breath be received in a softening belly, this

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