Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care (16:05 min.)
Tara Brach

Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care (16:05 min.)

B1IntermediateAugust 19, 202616 min

This guided meditation helps us cultivate a friendly relationship with our experience. Using the image of a smile, we bring a gentle presence alive in our bodies, and then open to the heartspace that includes all facets of life. Our introduction music is from "Opening" by Adrienne Torf, © 2025 ABT Music

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Take a few moments to set yourself in a way that will allow you to be really comfortable.

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So relaxed, awake. As you find your position, if it helps you to close your eyes or lower

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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. You can learn more or support this offering by visiting TaraBrock.com, where can also join our email list. Now let's explore together the many ways we can live from the

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love and presence that's our deepest essence. Namaste. Take a few moments to set yourself in a way that will allow you to be really comfortable. Do you feel a sense of balance and alignment, ease and also alert that you can be awake? So relaxed, awake. As you find your position, if it helps you to close your eyes or lower

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your gaze, please do. And just notice your attention going inward. Notice what it's like right now. Sense your experience. And as a way of collecting and gathering your attention you might be aware of the breath, perhaps extending the breath, letting the in-breath be longer, counting to four or five and then matching it with a slow out-breath.

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