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Meditation: Aware and Alive (20 min.)

Sep 16, 2026

In this guided meditation, Tara invites us to awaken from the world of thought and come home to the living presence of our body and heart.

Beginning with the breath, we soften through the body and open to the sensations, sounds and aliveness that are here. As the mind naturally drifts into thoughts, plans or judgments, we practice relaxing open again—discovering the spacious awareness that holds each changing experience.

Like waves moving across the surface of an ocean, sensations, feelings and thoughts arise and pass within a larger field of presence. This mindfulness meditation offers a pathway to feeling more grounded, awake and fully alive, and closes with an invitation to offer a blessing to ourselves and our world.


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