The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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We begin with our guided meditation.

Take a few moments to find a seating posture that works for you.

And by that I mean, you might close your eyes.

And then in whatever subtle ways help, adjust how you're sitting, so you feel two different

things.

You feel a quality of sitting upright.

There's a quality of being alert.

And you also sense a quality of ease that you can relax around that uprightness.

It said we sit like a Buddha halfway between heaven and earth.

So we're rooted in the earth and yet like a tree rising up to the heavens sitting tall.

And in the stillness now, let your attention come to settle around the heart area.

You feel your breath and your attention at the heart.

We open our time together with a simple inquiry.

What really is my intention?

What is my intention for this meditation, for this time that we're here?

To ask that question and then just open wide and sense what feels most sincere to you.

We open together as community each week with a simple chant, the mantra, which is a sound

current of connectedness.

If you'd like to gently bring the palms together at the heart so that the chant really arises

from that sincerity, from that caring heart space, please do.

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