Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence (2018-02-28)

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🗓️ 1 March 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence (2018-02-28) - We arrive in presence by deepening attention in the body; relaxing and awakening through a body scan. That presence deepens as we bring our attention to the space of awareness that includes the changing flow of sounds, sensations and feelings. In that wholeness of formlessness and form, we discover our natural being - open, awake and tender.

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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.
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0:30.0	A primary entry to presence is really by waking up awareness through the body.
0:41.4	So we begin with scanning through the body.
0:45.4	You might first just scan and see if there's areas of real obvious tension or tightness.
0:51.9	You can see if it's possible to soften a little.
0:58.6	You can feel the life and the movement of energy there.
1:17.4	You might pay particular attention to the area of the brow and smile into the eyes.
1:26.8	And see the outer corners of the eyes lifting a smile.
1:30.8	So the eyes can soften.
1:34.7	The brow can be smooth.
1:40.2	The area of the energy, the sensations, and that part of your face.
1:57.8	In a similar way, bringing a slight smile to the mouth.
2:03.6	You might sense the inside of the mouth smiling.
2:09.7	Let the tongue fill the lower palate, since if it's possible to relax down to the root of the tongue.
2:27.9	Opening the attention to fuel, the whole realm of sensation inside the mouth.
2:35.1	The gums, the teeth.
2:42.3	Tongue, lips.
2:54.0	Notice if the eyes are still soft.
2:59.2	Again, that slight smile at the mouth.
3:06.4	You might let the shoulders fall away from the naxon.
3:17.0	Can you feel the awareness that fills the shoulders,
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