The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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As a way of starting our meditation together, you might sense yourself coming into stillness.

Just feel yourself coming into stillness. If you'd like to close your eyes or lower your gaze,

let your attention turn towards your inner life. Take a few moments to settle right here right now,

right in the present moment.

This guided practice is specifically geared towards relaxation, letting go, really resting with ease.

Become aware of this body breathing.

Begin to extend the in-breath,

lengthening and deepening so that you're filling the whole chest and lungs,

so breathing in deep in breath,

and a slow out breath, slowly releasing, letting go, letting go.

And again, a deep full in-breath, expanding the chest, filling the lungs,

and a slow out breath, evenly, smoothly releasing, so you can feel the sensations of the breath

as you exhale. Long, deep full in-breath, you might begin counting with the in-breath to six counts,

and matching the out-breath, six counts out. If that feels like too long,

it's quite fine to do four counts, but let the in-breath and out-breath be matched, continuing in this way.

Since with the in-breath and opening to receive, a yielding to the breath,

and with the out breath, releasing, letting go, relaxing outward.

Continue with this long deep in-breath, slow out breath.

You might find that as you're breathing, you can bring a slight smile to the mouth and soften the eyes.

And if the mind wanders, you notice you've lost track of the breathing, just gently come back again,

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