Tara Brach

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach This meditation invites relaxation and ease. We begin with a long deep breathing that helps calm the body and mind. Then we release tensions that might be held in the body, and settle our attention in a receptive way with the breath. The intention is t…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach In a world where the pace and magnitude of change is beyond anything ever experienced by humans, we are being called to cultivate the qualities of calm, inner balance and a steady, wise heart. These two talks look at the conditioning that fuels our emo…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach In a world where the pace and magnitude of change is beyond anything ever experienced by humans, we are being called to cultivate the qualities of calm, inner balance and a steady, wise heart. These two talks look at the conditioning that fuels our emo…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach When our body and mind is relaxed, we become filled with a very awake, dynamic quality of presence. This meditation guides us in relaxing, opening our senses and resting in the vastness and inherent freedom of our own natural awareness.

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach In a world where the pace and magnitude of change is beyond anything ever experienced by humans, we are being called to cultivate the qualities of calm, inner balance and a steady, wise heart. These two talks look at the conditioning that fuels our emo…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach This guided practice begins with a conscious breath that relaxes the body and mind, and then a body scan to awaken to the aliveness of the present moment. We then open into the natural awareness that includes the changing flow of sounds, feelings and s…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Gratitude arises when we are in sacred relationship with life—present, open and receptive. This talk explores how central gratitude is to our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and then looks at the ways we can directly gladden our minds with…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Taking in the Goodness: Rumi said, “Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of kindness.” This meditation guides us to look for the source of loving and to turn in that direction. It begins with a lovingkindness practice …

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Most of us value honesty yet are not aware of how regularly we avoid facing what’s difficult inside us, and how we are less than truthful with others. This talk explores the practice of radical self-honesty as the grounds of being more honest with oth…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in bringing a clear, mindful attention to our moment-to-moment experience. We begin by relaxing through the body and then resting attention with the breath – or some other sensory anchor – and al…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach This conversation includes what turned Tara toward a path of compassion in her early life, the evolution of the RAIN practice to include nurturing/compassion, the spiritual dimensions of self-compassion, and the role of compassion in these current time…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Love is often abstract, and not fully alive. In this practice, with the supportive image and felt sense of a smile, we are guided to awaken loving in our body, mind and whole being.

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Thich Nhat Hanh said “no mud, no lotus.”  How might anger, hatred and delusion—the mud of these times– give rise to a growing compassion and wisdom in our world?  In this talk we look directly at the angst surrounding the US elections, and explore sev…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach During times of great collective stress, it’s common to get gripped by waves of anxiety and fear. This guided meditation, an adaptation of the Tibetan tonglen practice, helps us reconnect with our spiritual heart, the sea of love and light that can hol…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach In the face of violence, hatred and loss, how do we handle the reactivity we feel? Our own anger, hatred and fear? These two talks offer guidance and practice in letting our own vulnerability be a portal to responding—to ourselves, each other and our w…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach By bringing our full attention to the aliveness in the body, we can open to the experience of interior space and the space that includes all sensations and sounds. This then allows us to perceive continuous space filled with the light of awareness. Thi…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach In the face of violence, hatred and loss, how do we handle the reactivity we feel? Our own anger, hatred and fear? These two talks offer guidance and practice in letting our own vulnerability be a portal to responding – to ourselves, each other and our…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach In the face of violence, hatred and loss, how do we handle the reactivity we feel? Our own anger, hatred and fear? These two talks offer guidance and practice in letting our own vulnerability be a portal to responding – to ourselves, each other and our…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach When we fully inhabit our body, we discover the space and wakefulness of awareness itself. In this meditation, we rest in this open awareness, and when the attention narrows into thoughts, we practice relaxing back into the openness that includes passi…

Tara Brach https://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach The gift of meditation is awakening to the vast, radiant ever-creative beingness that is beyond the confines of a constricting self-sense. This talk explores how awake awareness can directly meet the clench of selfing – the thoughts, emotional tensions…