Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2007-12-19 – In Buddhism, lovingkindness is considered a divine abode, our true home. This talk explores how we can recognize the mask that covers insecurity, inhabit our essential goodness of Being, and let ourselves touch and be touched by love. This…
Tara Brach : Turning Towards What You Love
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-07-21 – For many of us, the most apparent junctures of spiritual transformation are spurred on by challenging life situations. This talk looks at how our conscious aspiration for awakening, and our practice of mindful presence, can help us find pe…
Tara Brach : The True Revolution
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2007-12-19 – In Buddhism, lovingkindness is considered a divine abode, our true home. This talk explores how we can recognize the mask that covers insecurity, inhabit our essential goodness of Being, and let ourselves touch and be touched by love. This…
Tara Brach : The Power of Mind
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-07-07 – The Buddha taught that “Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind.” This talk explores how our intention and attention can tap into the living awareness that is our source, and give rise to healing of body, heart an…
Tara Brach : Stress, Presence and Freedom
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2007-10-31 – We are designed to respond to stress with flight/fight/freeze and this can proliferate and then harden into our ongoing response to life. The practice of presence, of recognizing and relaxing with what is arising, can cut through this cond…
Tara Brach : Gateways to Happiness
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2008-02-06 While we all want to be happy, our habitual ways of pursuing happiness leave us dissatisfied. What prevents us from being happy? What is true happiness? How do we relax and open to the blessings of our life that are always and already here? …
Tara Brach : The Unreal Other
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-06-09 – When we experience others through a conditioned lens of wants and fears, and of unexamined beliefs, we react in ways that cause distance and sometimes obvious injury. This talk explores how we create separation from others, and the ways we…
Tara Brach : Part 2 – Relating Wisely with Fear
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-06-02 – While fear is essential to survival, it can also strangle our capacity to live fully and awaken spiritually. These two talks explore how fear takes over our lives, and the ways we can train our attention to free ourselves from its grip.
Tara Brach : Part 1 – Relating Wisely with Fear
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-05-26 – While fear is essential to survival, it can also strangle our capacity to live fully and awaken spiritually. These two talks explore how fear takes over our lives, and the ways we can train our attention to free ourselves from its grip.
Tara Brach : Desire and Spiritual Freedom
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-05-19 – The Buddha taught that becoming identified with “wanting mind” obscures our true nature and binds us in suffering. This talk explores a wise attitude in relating to desire, and offers three pathways towards freedom: Mindfulness of “wanting…
Tara Brach : Desire and Spiritual Freedom
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-05-19 – The Buddha taught that becoming identified with “wanting mind” obscures our true nature and binds us in suffering. This talk explores a wise attitude in relating to desire, and offers three pathways towards freedom: Mindfulness of “wanting…
Tara Brach : Relating Wisely to “Wanting Mind”
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-05-12 – While desire is intrinsic to life, it can contract into the craving that traps us in suffering. This talk explores how we seek happiness yet become habituated to false refuges–substitutes like over- consuming food, dependent relationships…
Tara Brach : Relating Wisely to “Wanting Mind”
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-05-12 – While desire is intrinsic to life, it can contract into the craving that traps us in suffering. This talk explores how we seek happiness yet become habituated to false refuges–substitutes like over- consuming food, dependent relationships…
Tara Brach : My Religion is Kindness
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2008-05-28 – The expression of inner freedom is a kind heart. This talk explores how we armor our hearts, and the pathways of awakening our natural capacity for loving unconditionally. The session includes an experiential inquiry that helps reveal the …
Tara Brach : Embodied Spirit
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-04-28 – The Buddha taught that mindfulness of the body is a direct path to the realization of truth, to peace and freedom. This talk explores how we leave a present-centered awareness of our body, and the pathways of homecoming.
Tara Brach : Embodied Spirit
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-04-28 – The Buddha taught that mindfulness of the body is a direct path to the realization of truth, to peace and freedom. This talk explores how we leave a present-centered awareness of our body, and the pathways of homecoming.
Tara Brach : True Belonging – Refuge in Presence and Relatedness
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-04-21 – We become homesick when our insecurity compels us to find refuge in exclusive affiliations, in over-consuming, in avoiding intimacy or grasping tightly to the approval of others. This talk explores how we come home to the truth of who we a…
Tara Brach : Part 1-Realizing Our Natural Joy
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2008-04-23 In the buddhist teachings, joy is a natural expression of our awakened heart. In these two talks we will explore how we block off joy, and ways that we can cultivate and embody this intrinsic facet of our being.
Tara Brach : Part 2-Realizing Our Natural Joy
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2008-04-30 In the buddhist teachings, joy is a natural expression of our awakened heart. In these two talks we will explore how we block off joy, and ways that we can cultivate and embody this intrinsic facet of our being.
Tara Brach : Beyond Small Self
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-04-07 – While we are conditioned to become identified with limited sense of self, we have the capacity to recognize and open to who we are beyond the self. This talk investigates our most compelling domains of getting identified, and the ways a pu…
Tara Brach : Meditation and Healing Trauma
Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-03-31 – Spiritual awakening often involves offering a healing presence to the suffering of post traumatic stress or deep emotional wounding. This talk explores the three key elements that support this process: self-forgiveness, accessing a source …