The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit tarabrock.com. I'm And you may take some moments to feel the movement of the breath in the area of the heart.

And let your attention be at the heart, a kind of listening attention.

Listening inwardly, since your deepest intention for practicing right now.

What is it your heart really longs for?

What's the quality of presence or heart or awareness that really would feel like home.

Connecting with your own.

Let yourself be aware of your own sincerity.

Let yourself be aware of the breath and intentionally extending the breath so it's a

long, slow in breath. You might even count to five.

And a matched slow out breath, again, counting to five.

Breathing in, counting to five. Breathing out, counting to five.

And if you need to make it shorter or longer, either way it's fine, just

extend it beyond your normal breath, continuing this matched in-breath and out-breath.

And out-breath.

As you breathe, you might sense if you're frowning and bring a very slight smile to the mouth.

Staying with the breath, sensing with the in breath that you can open to receive,

even in a cellular way and with the out breath, slow even out breath. Relaxing with the breath, opening with the receiving, the in-breath, letting go with the out-breath.

Letting go with the out-breath. If you find you've lost track of the breath, no problem.

Just gently come back again.

Nice, full, deep in breath.

Slow, smooth out breath. Now letting go of any control of the breath.

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