Meditation: The Breath - Portal to Presence (2017-05-31)

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🗓️ 1 June 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Meditation: The Breath - Portal to Presence - We start with breathing mindfully to collect and calm the body and mind. Then the attention opens to include the changing flow in a spacious natural presence.

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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.
0:07.8	To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit TaraBrock.com.
0:31.0	We open in a simple way with a reflection on our aspiration, our intention for practice.
0:40.0	You might feel your breath at your heart.
0:46.0	Breathing in and out, gentle presence at the heart.
0:50.0	And just to ask yourself what really brings me to meditation practice.
1:05.0	What is it that I long for?
1:10.0	What's my deep intention for being here?
1:15.0	And then just listen, see what's true for you.
1:32.0	I'm sensing where you feel most sincere about awakening, about presence, about being all that you can be,
1:41.0	really, in terms of an awake heart.
1:54.0	Be aware of this body sitting here breathing.
2:00.0	And then consciously extending the breath so that the in breath is long and deep and full, breathing in.
2:15.0	And then a very slow out breath, feel the sensations of the breath as it's released.
2:26.0	And then another full deep in breath.
2:35.0	And a slow out breath, letting go, letting go.
2:44.0	And again, breathing in long, deep in breath.
2:50.0	Slow out breath.
2:59.0	Continuing in this breath rhythm of a long in breath, a long slow out breath, letting them be matched the same length.
3:12.0	No pause in between, filling the lungs completely with the in breath, feeling the sensations released with the out breath.
3:29.0	Right here, moment to moment.
3:42.0	And now allowing the breath to resume and its natural rhythm, letting your awareness be witnessed to the breath.
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