This guided meditation cultivates a relaxed, gentle presence with whatever expressions of life are arising in the moment. We begin by releasing and opening through the body, and then include…
A key pathway to full presence is awakening through the body. This meditation guides us through a body scan, relaxing and receiving the play of sensations. We then deepen attention…
…appreciate beauty, to celebrate, to serve from the heart. Our mindfulness practice offers us the opportunity to pause and rediscover the space of presence. When we stop charging forward and…
…keep coming back to is that the portal to presence is through awareness of this living body. ~ Tara Within the body you are wearing, now inside the bones and…
We arrive in presence by deepening attention in the body; relaxing and awakening through a body scan. That presence deepens as we bring our attention to the space of awareness…
Meditation: Resting in Wakeful Presence – Offering a meditation that scans through the body – arriving in the foreground with sounds, feelings and sensations, like the surface waves of the…
…to our senses, and the sacred presence that underlies all lived experience. Listen to Part 1 here: Part 1: Refuge in the Wilderness – Coming Home to Embodied Presence https://www.youtube.com/embed/NwwSMR2x_rw…
…the human experience. In this talk we explore the awakening that is possible as we recognize our reactive patterns and instead of judgment, offer a loving and healing presence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TnUfpkepiA&feature=youtu.be…
…of presence with the breath – allowing… intimate… awake… Letting this presence include whatever experience you’re having in the heart – whatever mood, whatever the state of the heart is…
We arrive in presence by deepening attention in the body; relaxing and awakening through a body scan. That presence deepens as we bring our attention to the space of awareness…
It’s natural that our attention wanders, and the more we relax back, the more that becomes our habit…returning to presence. This meditation opens with conscious breathing and awakening through the…
We enter a full presence through awakening our senses, and awakening to the awareness that is aware. This meditation guides us as we arouse an embodied presence, let go of…
…attention to sensations and space. This attention becomes a very vibrant living presence, and we end by experiencing that living presence as a natural openheartedness that includes all of life….
Loving presence is an innate capacity, and it can be cultivated. This meditation begins with a scan arousing a relaxed tender presence in the body, then brings loving attention to…
…and space. This attention becomes a very vibrant living presence, and we end by experiencing that living presence as a natural openheartedness that includes all of life. Photo: Janet Merrick…
Meditation: Resting in Wakeful Presence – This meditation scans through the body – arriving in the foreground with sounds, feelings and sensations, like the surface waves of the sea coming…
This meditation guides us to arouse mindfulness through attention to our senses, and to rest in that wakefulness with a receptive and tender presence. Écouter en-Français: Méditation : Présence à…
This meditation guides us to wake up our senses and full aliveness through a body scan, and then to rest in the formless presence that is aware of this changing…
Transcript available here: Fear as a Pathway to Loving Presence – Night Travelers Shifting our relationship with fear is central to the evolution of consciousness. Our suffering arises when our…
From Dragons to Schmoos – Meeting Life with Compassionate Presence – The trance of unworthiness is sustained by our aversion to the dragons – the difficult emotions and related behaviors…
