The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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please visit tarabrock.com. A primary entry to presence is really by waking up awareness through the body.

So we begin with scanning through the body.

You might first just scan and see if there's areas of real obvious tension or tightness.

You see if it's possible to soften a little.

So you can feel the life and the movement of energy there.

You might pay particular attention to the area of the brow and smile into the eyes, sense the outer corners of the eyes lifting a smile so the eyes can soften.

The brow can be smooth. Aware of the energy, the sensations in that part

of your face. In a similar way, bringing a slight smile to the mouth.

You might sense the inside of the mouth smiling. Let the tongue fill the lower palate, sense that if it's

possible to relax down to the root of the tongue. Opening the attention to feel the whole realm of sensation inside the mouth, the gums, the teeth,

tongue, lips.

Notice if the eyes are still soft.

Again that slight smile at the mouth. You might let the shoulders fall away

from the neck some. And can you feel the awareness that fills the shoulders, feeling from the inside out,

tingling or vibrating, tightness or flow.

If there's real knots in the shoulders, you might imagine that you can let them float in awareness.

Are the hands resting in an easy and effortless way?

Can you soften the hands a bit?

You might explore what happens when you soften again and then feel from the inside out,

the aliveness inside the hands. Noticing if the eyes are still soft, slight smile at the mouth.

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