Welcome, friends, to the Tara Brock podcast. I'm so glad you're here.

Each week, I share teachings and guided meditations to help us awaken our hearts and bring healing

to our world.

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Now, let's explore together

the many ways we can live

from the love and presence that's our deepest

essence.

Namaste.

Aware of your body sitting here, your body breathing.

Consciously extending the breath so the in-breath is full and deep.

And the out-breath is slow, very slow, releasing, relaxing outward, letting go.

And again, letting the in-breath be full and deep, filling the chest and lungs.

And a slow out breath, releasing, feeling the sensations of the breath as you release, as you release, letting go.

And one more time, nice deep in-breath.

And slow out breath.

Relaxing, releasing.

And then allowing the breath to come back to its natural rhythm. Just notice the quality of presence that's here.

We can awake and deepen presence as we scan through the body with awareness, relaxing and waking up through the regions of the body.

You might begin with the area of the brow.

When we're thinking a lot, the little muscles around the eyes contract,

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