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Brief Meditation: Arriving in Mindful Presence

by Tara Brach

Rated
4.5
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
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This brief meditation can support you in pausing and arriving again in the life that's right here.

MeditationMindfulnessBody ScanBreathingAwarenessRelaxationDeep BreathingSlow BreathingSensory AwarenessNatural Breathing Rhythms

Transcript

Coming into stillness,

Take some moments to scan through your body and just see what wants to relax,

To let go a little.

You might take a full,

Deep in-breath,

Filling the chest,

Filling the lungs,

And a slow out-breath,

Feeling the sensations of the breath as you release.

And again,

A deep in-breath and a slow out-breath,

Letting your breath then resume in its natural rhythm,

Opening to your senses,

Feeling the breath in the foreground and relaxing with the background of sensations,

Sounds,

Feelings,

And life.

Meet your Teacher

Tara BrachGreat Falls, VA

4.5 (4 440)

Recent Reviews

Cameron

July 16, 2025

Efficient.

Melissa

September 15, 2024

Great 1 minute meditation. When longer feels too hard, this is the one I always turn to.

Dan

March 25, 2024

A terrific quick meditation that I found very effective at getting centered and focused. Thank you Tara!

Cathy

September 27, 2023

Excellent for those new to meditation; I will be sending this to several friends who need to stop and take a breath right now! Thank you Tara 🙏🏻

Micah

September 11, 2023

Wonderful. There was a lot of ground covered quickly!

Susan

October 13, 2022

Very nice brief meditation to give you a mental break during the day. Tara is a wonderful meditation teacher and guide. Highly recommend any of her meditations. Thank you, Tara 🙏❤️

Chantelle

January 3, 2021

Quick & easy to follow! Thank you!

Carol

December 31, 2020

Thank you. This was a good start to my longer meditation. Blessings.❤️

Rebecca

November 6, 2020

Thank you for this brief pause. So helpful.

Elizabeth

July 15, 2020

Simple and accessible

Amy

May 1, 2020

All that Tara Brach offers is greatly appreciated ❤️

Judith

January 28, 2020

Short touch in with self..

Vikash

July 18, 2019

Thank you so much

Ursula

June 28, 2019

Sweet and simple! Thank you.

Nancy

June 2, 2019

Nice start for silent meditation.

Virginia

April 28, 2019

Perfect.Namaste. When very tired, perfect for coming into presence, gave me enough to get organised for sleep.

Billy

April 24, 2019

Thank you so much! I immediately.

Tinamarie

March 17, 2019

Tara is my favorite

David

October 18, 2018

Very nice meditation but it really needs some type of ending. Thanks!

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