Tara Brach

Meditation: Receiving This Life in Awareness (22:37 min)

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Sep 24, 2025
Explore the transformative power of awareness in everyday life. Discover how to connect with bodily aliveness and release tension in your shoulders and arms. Learn to open your heart while receiving breath and sensation in your belly. Envision life flowing through your feet, embracing the vitality across your body. Experience the interplay of sounds and thoughts, gently returning to the present moment. Reflect on vulnerability and aliveness, concluding with a heartfelt prayer for peace and awakening.
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Posture Balances Wakefulness And Ease

  • Sit upright with relaxed ease to hold alert presence.
  • Let the breath lengthen and collect to support wakeful calm.
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Start With A Heartfelt Intention

  • Clarify your intention by asking what truly matters to you before meditating.
  • Use that sense of purpose as an opening prayer to steady attention.
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Release Tension With Gentle Body Scan

  • Scan the face and soften eyes, brow, mouth, and tongue to access inner aliveness.
  • Allow shoulders to drop and imagine tension dissolving like ice melting.
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