Meditation: Relax into Happiness (19:38 min.)
Summary
Tara Brach guides listeners through a body-based mindfulness practice using the visualization of a smile to cultivate relaxed presence. She invites participants to soften tension from the face down to the spine, connecting with inner aliveness and receptivity. The session emphasizes that happiness arises from letting go of effort and control, resting in natural awareness. A quote from Lama Gangchen Rinpoche reinforces that peace is found in relaxation rather than willpower.
Topics discussed
Welcome to the Tara Brock Podcast
Introduction to living from love and presence
Visualizing a smile in the open sky
Smiling into the eyes, brow, and mouth
Spreading the smile through throat and heart
Relaxing shoulders, hands, and sensing aliveness
Softening the chest and belly with a smile
Opening the pelvic region and base of spine
Feeling the whole body alive in the field of presence
Handling distraction and returning to wakefulness
Resting in luminous awareness without effort
Teachings on happiness through relaxation
Final relaxation and closing thoughts
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