The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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Let's do a little practice together, wherever you are finding yourself the position, the posture,

that will allow you to come into quietness and to feel that kind of balance where you're

both relaxed, you're at ease, and also alert awake.

And for many, that will include having your gaze downward or maybe your eyes closed so you

can right now begin to let your attention go inward.

Just your experience right here right now.

The poet Rumi says, do you make regular visits to yourself?

So we're visiting ourselves, pausing so we can be more intimate with what's here.

And you might begin to be more aware of your breath, this life breath.

So you can feel your body breathing.

And you might notice if there's anywhere that you want to let go a little, just any

part of you that feels ready to let go.

Perhaps you weren't noticing some holding or tension or tightness in the shoulders.

Maybe your hands were tense or tight.

Your belly was clenched, so a little softening and continuing to pay attention to the

aliveness of the body.

You might scan through now in a slower and more systematic way.

Just feeling your head, you might start in sense of scalp and the skull and just feel

whatever tingling or vibrating you're aware of there.

Let the attention sweep down through the brow, softening the brow, the eyes.

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