This is Mary Maddox with MeditationAuasis.com

For this episode we're adding a guided meditation that was recorded live with my local group.

I've decided to call it opening the heart.

Now find a comfortable position and we'll begin the meditation.

Let's close our eyes.

Just notice what happens when you close your eyes.

Notice all the activity that's still going on

from what you were just doing.

Takes a while to settle down.

Simply be aware of

everything that you're feeling and experiencing.

Not trying to interfere with it in any way or change it.

Perhaps you'll notice that with your eyes closed awareness starts to settle down a little bit.

You may become more aware of what's going on inside you.

A little less aware of what's going on around you in the room.

Just allow yourself to sink deep inside.

Not minding thoughts but also not getting involved in them.

Not following a train of thought and easily coming back to the meditation after the mind has

wandered.

Now allowing your awareness to drop into your body all the way down to your feet,

and the souls of your feet feeling how your feet are planted on the floor.

Feeling how your body is held to the earth.

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