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May 2024
21m 49s

Guided Meditation: Letting Life Be As It...

TARA BRACH
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When we learn to listen to our inner life without interference, we open to a tender and full experience of presence. This meditation guides us in awakening an intimate quality of listening, as we attend to sensations, moods, sounds and the entire dance of life.

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