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May 2023
22m 59s

Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence

TARA BRACH
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Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence - This meditation establishes a kind attention by bringing the imagery and felt sense of a smile into the body scan and then, with the breath as a home base, opens the attention to changing experience. We end with a brief loving kindness reflection.

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