Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Radical Acceptance Revisited (2015-08-12) – One of the truths we most regularly forget is that if we are at war with ourselves, we can’t feel love and connection with our world. This talk looks at the genesis of the “Trance of Unworthiness” and how the…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach The Realm of Hungry Ghosts (2015-07-29) – In Buddhist cosmology, the torment of intense desire that can never really be satisfied is depicted as the realm of Hungry Ghosts. This talk explores the attachments and addictions that so many of us struggle w…

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Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach That Bird Got My Wings (2015-07-22) – This talk looks at how we are imprisoned by a limited sense of who we are, and how the wings of mindfulness and heartfulness enable us to realize the spirit that is our essence. We then look at how we can bring the…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach The Dance with Pain (2015-07-08) – “Pain is inevitable and suffering is optional.”  In this talk Tara explores the difference between pain and suffering and examines the most common, yet often unconscious, ways we resist pain. She then shares practices…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Part 1: Beyond the Fear Body (2015-06-03) – A central part of spiritual awakening is recognizing and befriending fear, and in the tender intensity of fear, discovering the awakened heart.  In these two talks we explore the suffering of becoming identif…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach The Two Wings of Awareness (2015-05-27) – The two wings of understanding and love awaken as we learn to recognize what is here in the present moment, and to allow experience to be just as it is. This talk includes a guided reflection and a brief period…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Part 2: Impermanence – Awakening Through Insecurity (2015-05-20) – From the view of the separate self, this existence is inherently uncertain, and we are profoundly vulnerable. Our habitual reaction to insecurity fuels separation, and limits our capaci…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach Part 1: Impermanence – Awakening Through Insecurity (2015-05-13) – From the view of the separate self, this existence is inherently uncertain, and we are profoundly vulnerable. Our habitual reaction to insecurity fuels separation, and limits our capaci…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2015-04-20 – Retreat Talk – Loving Yourself into Freedom – The most basic truths we forget, and one is this: if we don’t love ourselves, we can’t love life.  In the most basic way, attending to and embracing our inner life reveals the nature of reality…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2015-04-15 – True Happiness – Realizing Well Being – Well being is the deep contentment that arises from a relaxed, wakeful presence. This talk explores the beliefs and habits that contract us away form presence, and several key ways we can nourish our…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2015-03-04 – Sure Heart’s Release – The pathway to our awaken heart includes deep recognition of our barriers to love, and as we open, the courage to express our love. This talk includes a reflection and practice that can support us in inhabiting our f…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2015-01-28 – Inhabiting Our Bodies with Presence – Our conditioning is to pull away from our physical experience when it is difficult. When we regularly dissociate, we are removed from  the source of our power, intuition and capacity to love in a full …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2014-12-30 – Retreat Talk – Landlocked in Fur – Three Domains of Formless Presence – While we have evolved to experience a defining sense of separate self, our potential is to awaken to the formless dimension – the pure awareness is our shared source. …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2014-08-02 – (retreat talk) Embodying Loving Presence – This talk looks at the evolutionary fear-patterning that creates separation in our relationships, and at the practices that open us to giving and receiving love.

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2014-12-17 – Part 2: Intimacy with Life – This season is one of celebrating the light and love that is our unifying source. And yet at these times our society is being forced to face its deep patterning of racial oppression, amongst other expressions o…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2014-12-10 – Part 1: Intimacy with Life – This season is one of celebrating the light and love that is our unifying source. And yet at these times our society is being forced to face its deep patterning of racial oppression, amongst other expressions o…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2014-10-30 – Removing the Barriers to Love – In our daily trance of feeling separate, we spend many moments wanting others to be different so we can feel better. This talk explores the heart awakening that unfolds when we deepen our commitment to seein…