Tara Brach

Meditation: Resting in Reality (24 min)

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Sep 23, 2026
A guided meditation journey through breath, bodily sensations, sounds, and spacious awareness. Move from a gentle body scan into the heart, belly, and pelvis, then open to the boundless field of experience. The practice also explores meeting difficult emotions with kindness, returning from wandering thoughts, and extending loving-kindness to all beings.
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ADVICE

Begin By Naming What Matters Most

  • Set a sincere intention by identifying what matters most in meditation.
  • Naming what you hope to experience or realize connects practice with genuine motivation.
ADVICE

Use The Body As A Gateway To Presence

  • Awaken presence by scanning bodily sensations from the brow through the mouth and shoulders.
  • Soften the eyes, jaw, tongue, and shoulders while sensing tingling, vibration, and inner space.
INSIGHT

Feel Awareness Filling The Hands

  • Awareness can feel like space and aliveness filling the hands rather than attention focused on an object.
  • Sensing fingers, palms, and the spaces between them reveals the whole body as dynamically alive.
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