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. As you come into stillness, let yourself feel your breath in the area of the heart.

So you become increasingly sensitive to the feelings, the felt sense in the area of the heart. And ask yourself, what is my deepest intention for being here or practicing meditation.

This is an inquiry about what most matters to you, what matters, the sign of really being connected to a deep intention

is you'll feel sincere.

It's like your body saying, yes, I care about this.

Aware of your sitting posture.

Letting yourself sit, they say like a Buddha halfway between heaven and earth. So you're

sitting tall and yet rooted. See if you can relax any parts of the body that are obviously

tense or tight.

You might soften in the shoulders and let the shoulders relax back and down a little.

You might soften the hands. So you can feel as you relax the hands, the sensations inside them, tingling, the vibrating. You might let there be an openness at the chest.

And see if you can soften and relax the belly.

Let this next breath be received in a softening belly. This breath.

And now this one. And again, she can feel the breath and the aliveness deep in the torso, relaxing through

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