The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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Learning to stay opens up the space that gives us our life.

That's when it becomes real with our inner life, with others.

So just do a brief reflection on this.

So closing your eyes and we'll just take a pause together.

And just notice what's right here.

What is happening inside me right now?

That question.

And can I let it be?

Can I let it be just as it is?

One sage asks, what have we been unwilling to feel?

You might sense just scan your life a little and sense what's going on that you've been

in some way not wanting to feel with vulnerability, what fear, what sorrow.

And for these moments, let your intention be just to stay a bit, to offer that attention

that can truly transform.

You might deepen your attention a little, feel where whatever might be vulnerable, might

be scared, might be sad, is living in your body.

Just for these few moments, offer a genuinely kind attention.

And that means that if you'd like to also offer a gesture of kindness, that can be a really

powerful part of staying, simply putting your hand on your heart or your cheek, two

hands on your heart.

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