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.

Namaste. Welcome, friends.

Some years ago I was planning a talk on presence and I was in the shower thinking of different

illustrative stories that might be part of the talk, when I realized that I was slathering my head with shaving cream.

And so much for presence, right?

Jonathan said it was a good thing I didn't start shaving.

The real challenge we face is remembering to remember. And this is where intention

becomes so crucial on the spiritual path, the more we set our intention consciously, whether it's

for presence or kindness or whatever really matters to us.

When we do it at, let's say, the beginning of a day or before a stressful engagement or at the

beginning of a meditation, there's more natural calling back home.

It has kind of a gravitational pull to bring us back home.

Perhaps the most powerful inquiry in our daily life is, and you can ask yourself this very moment,

what most matters to my heart?

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