Meditation: Resting as Awareness

Tara Brach

Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 20 June 2014

⏱️ 26 minutes

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2014-06-18 Meditation: Resting as Awareness

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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock, meditation teacher, psychologist and author.
0:13.2	If you need to reestablish yourself sitting so that you're sitting in a way that lets
0:18.7	you be upright.
0:19.7	See how tall you can sit without being stiff or tense.
0:29.0	The purpose of that is purely to be alert, to be here.
0:35.7	And then also, opposition that feels balanced.
0:39.7	Like if you leaned forward a little right now and then leaned back, find the posture that
0:47.3	really feels aligned.
0:50.4	You lean to the left or lean to the right.
0:54.0	What's really center?
0:56.1	What feels balanced?
1:00.8	As you come into stillness, you might breathe in an extended in breath, inhaling deeply,
1:07.4	filling the lungs.
1:12.4	And then a very slow out breath.
1:15.0	And let it be slow enough so you can feel the sensations of letting go.
1:22.9	That's it.
1:23.9	Inhaling deeply again.
1:25.4	Nice full in breath.
1:28.9	Taking in more air than you might normally.
1:32.9	And then again, a very conscious slow release.
1:36.3	Notice with the release the sensations of letting go.
1:43.9	And one more time inhaling deeply, filling the lungs.
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