Tara Brach

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome – This meditation scans through the body, and awakens attention to the open, inclusive awareness that all life arises in. We then explore experiencing that openness in the region of the heart, saying yes …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Compassion – Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love – Part 2: Compassion – the tender resonance of heart – awakens as we allow ourselves to be touched by our shared vulnerability. This series reflects on four primary expressions of …

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Lovingkindness – Part 1 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love – We awaken our natural lovingkindness by learning to attend to and take in the goodness of this life. This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart:…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Lovingkindness – Part 1 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love – We awaken our natural lovingkindness by learning to attend to and take in the goodness of this life. This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart:…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Path of Love – This heart practice opens with the intention to bring a kind presence to whatever arises. After arriving with a body scan, we are guided to meet all experience with an open tender awareness. The practice ends with a poem by R…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Responding with Heart to Painful Times: A Conversation with Tara & Frank Ostaseski – This event includes short talks addressing the suffering so many are experiencing, and questions and engagement with participants

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Relationships – from Reactivity to Rechoosing Love – Most of us have habitual ways we create separation from others. This talk takes a look at the roots of our emotional reactivity and ways our meditation practice can foster more loving connection in o…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Compassion toward Non-Human Animals – A Conversation between Konda Mason and Tara Brach – The medicine our world most needs is compassion, and it is crucial that this include all living beings. Our societal conditioning blinds us to the horror of suffe…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Entrusting Yourself to the Waves – By not resisting, by letting the waves wash through us, we began to relax. Rather than fighting the stormy surges, we rest in an ocean of awareness that embraces all the moving waves. We arrive in a sanctu…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Being Embodied: Gateway to Aliveness and Spirit – Part 2 – All that we cherish—creativity, love, wisdom, realization—arises from an embodied presence. Yet as we know, the wounds and trauma of our society and individual lives leads toward dissociation. …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Inhabiting Our Body, Realizing Wholeness – Awakening awareness in the body is the portal to resting in boundless and dynamic presence. This guided practice scans the body from feet up, and helps us inhabit all parts of our body. As we open …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Being Embodied: Gateway to Aliveness and Spirit – Part 1 – All that we cherish—creativity, love, wisdom, realization—arises from an embodied presence. Yet as we know, the wounds and trauma of our society and individual lives leads toward dissociation. …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Engaged Spirituality during Times of Upheaval – Engaged spirituality means responding to our world’s suffering with wisdom and deep care. This talk looks at three blocks to aligning our actions with our heart – “bad othering,” dissociation and overwhel…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Compassion Practice – Tonglen – Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation, “Awakening Compassion,” is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the vastness of loving presence (r…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Equanimity: The Gifts of Non-Reactive Mindful Presence – If we want to bring our intelligence, creativity and love into our relationships and world, we need to be able to access an inner refuge of presence. This talk explores how, when we’re reacting f…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Meditation: Being a Kind Witness – Learning to witness what is going on inside us is the gateway to inner freedom and deep realization. This meditation guides us in witnessing our experience with a non-judging and kind awareness.