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. In the stillness, you might envision a very open blue sky, stretching outward in a limitless way,

vast sky, visualizing the curve of a smile spreading through that sky.

So you can sense the uplift, the openness, the energy of a smile, spreading through that sky, and letting the mind merge

with that sky, feeling that spaciousness of awareness filled with a smile.

Wide open sky-like mind.

Build with the energy, the friendliness, the openness of a smile.

A sky like mine

smiling into the eyes and letting the sensations in the area of the eyes float

in that openness.

The brow is smooth, eyes are soft.

A slight smile at the mouth, and you might feel the inside of the mouth smiling.

Relaxing the tongue, letting it fill the lower palate.

Relaxing down to the root of the tongue.

Feeling all the sensations in the mouth, the gums, the teeth, floating in this openness,

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