Meditation: Surrender into Living Presence

Tara Brach

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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In this guided meditation we begin with a body scan, and rest in awareness with our senses awake. The key practice is to recognize when the mind immerses in virtual reality, reawaken our senses, and surrender again and again into the immediacy, vibrance and mystery of living presence.

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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.
0:04.2	To access more of my meditations or join my email list,
0:07.9	please visit tarabrock.com. As you sit here, feel this body breathing.
0:43.3	And you might let yourself feel the breath and the domain of the heart.
0:51.3	Just to feel your heart a little more directly right now.
0:59.0	We'll open together with a simple reflection of what is your deepest intention for practice
1:09.6	right now, for this practice of meditation.
1:15.5	What is it your heart most longs for? Listen inwardly to where you feel most sincere.
1:30.3	It's a real gift to your spirit just to get in touch with what matters.
1:37.3	What do you care about?
1:59.0	I'm feeling what matters to us and sensing our collective aspiration that we may wake up these hearts and minds and have that awakening ripple out to be part of the healing of our world.
2:12.8	One of the most direct gateways to waking up is to bring our attention right into the body, inside out.
2:23.3	We begin by scanning downward.
2:27.3	You might be aware of the eyes and let them soften, let the brow be smooth. Even imagine smiling into the eyes,
2:39.0	letting the outside corners lift a bit.
2:47.0	When we're very caught in our thoughts,
2:49.0	all those micro muscles around the eyes tense up a bit.
2:53.6	So this helps to soften and relax the mind through the body.
3:00.6	Slight smile at the mouth.
3:03.6	Let the inside of the mouth be smiling.
3:06.6	Become aware of the sensations of the mouth be smiling and become aware of the sensations in the tongue,
3:12.3	gums, teeth, and lips.
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