Tara Brach

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach The Calling of These Times – Part 2 – The Dalai Lama invites us to trust in the power of heart and awareness to awake through all circumstances. What does that look like in the midst of our current global crises? These two talks explore what these time…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Calling on Your Awakened Heart – In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided meditation calls forth this loving presence by opening to the heart and spirit of whatever being in our life we most expe…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach The Calling of These Times – Part 1 – The Dalai Lama invites us to trust in the power of heart and awareness to awake through all circumstances. What does that look like in the midst of our current global crises? These two talks explore what these time…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Being the Ocean and Opening to the Waves – We can’t truly open to the waves of life unless we recognize our Oceanness, the formless awareness that is our source. This meditation begins with awakening the senses and then invites us to discov…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Three Practices for Nurturing Wise Hope – Wise or spiritual hope includes the aspiration to manifest our full potential, individually and collectively, and the trust that this is possible. This talk explores how, especially in stressful times, this hop…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Befriending Our Experience – We begin the meditation with a sense of befriending our experience – with an intention towards gentleness and kindness as the attention goes inward. We scan the body, opening to sounds and the senses, resting in…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Cultivating Inner Strength – A Conversation with Tara Brach and Lori Deschene – What gives us the inner strength to meet life’s challenges with resilience, heart and wisdom? Drawing on themes in Lori’s new book, “The Tiny Buddha’s Inner Strength Journa…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: At Home in the Moment – This meditation cultivates a gentle, wakeful presence in the body, with the “smile down” and then guides us to resting in a home base of sensations or the breath. We then open to whatever arises with a clear and incl…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 2  – It’s natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control strategies – such as aggression, judging, planning, seeking approval, pretending – have a developmental role, they a…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Letting Life Be – This meditation establishes an atmosphere of loving kindness with the “smile”; relaxes and awakens through the body; and guides us into a spacious presence. We then rest in that presence, letting go of any controlling, and…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Beyond the Controlling Self – Part 1 – It’s natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control strategies – such as aggression, judging, planning, seeking approval, pretending – have a developmental role, they ar…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Letting Go into Living Presence – This guided meditation starts with a scan that invites relaxing and awakening through the body. We then allow life – sounds, sensations, aliveness – to live through us, resting in open presence. When there …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach The Liberating Power of Conscious Intention – Part 2 – While we can’t change our past, we have the capacity in this moment to remember our deepest intention and seed the future. Intention can become the compass of our heart, guiding and creating our li…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Resting in the Center of Now – This meditation awakens our senses and then guides us to rest in the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, we are invited to relax back into full living presence, into that Beingness that is the c…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach The Liberating Power of Conscious Intention – Part 1 – While we can’t change our past, we have the capacity in this moment to remember our deepest intention and seed the future. Intention can become the compass of our heart, guiding and creating our li…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Calling on Your Future Self – We have within us the wisdom and compassion that can carry us through the most challenging times. This meditation guides us in accessing these inner resources by calling on the most evolved part of our being.

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Radical Acceptance – Our Gateway to Love and Freedom – Our capacity to realize the truth of who we are and to love fully, arises from moments of true acceptance. This means meeting our unfolding life with an unconditional, open and tender presence. Thi…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart – Part 2 – This series of talks offers guidance in transforming conflict into a portal for awakening your understanding, flexibility and compassion. We look at how to heal our own unmet needs and not be dependent o…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Relaxing with Life – This meditation includes a mindful body scan and guidance in relaxing with the changing waves of experience. When we say “Yes” to the moment, we open to the sea of awareness that can include, with care, whatever arises….