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Silence.
Because it's often in those quiet moments that we can really connect with ourselves.
Research tells us that cultivating inner quiet can help process emotion and even change our brain structure,
improving focus, sensory perception, and motor skills.
Silence can also help us reduce stress and find more clarity.
Today Zen and mindfulness teacher Henry Schuchman guides us through a practice in silence,
inviting us to truly listen.
So when you're ready, here's Henry.
In this meditation, we're going to explore quiet.
We're going to explore coming back to a state of quiet.
that we can all always access a beautiful quiet that in some ways is kind of intrinsic to our awareness.
One way that we can access it more clearly is in fact by paying closer attention to the sense experience of hearing.
Let's settle ourselves right now, coming into stillness,
and giving ourselves a moment to sense and feel what it's like to give ourselves a little time of stillness.