Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-11-27 – The Evolving of Generosity – This talk explores how we can open out of the habit of grasping and deliberately nourish our natural capacity for generosity, for living love.

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-11-20 Accessing Innate Wisdom – Wisdom is an innate capacity, but often covered over by trance. This talk explores how we abandon ourselves as we busily seek ways to feel more worthy, loveable and safe. We then look at the pathway home, the radica…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-10-19 – The Heartspace That is Our True Home – (retreat talk) – By dedicating ourselves to loving the life that is right here–ourselves–we discover the heartspace that holds this world.  This talk explores the pathways of forgiveness, offering a…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-09-04 – From Egoic to Unconditioned Loving – When we are caught in the sense of separation and unmet needs, our love is marbled with fear and attachment.  This talk describes the chain of conditioning that perpetuates the constrictions of egoic lo…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-07-24 – Three Gestures of Love – If we inquire “what is between me and presence” we usually find we’ve been caught inside a limiting story of self, contracted by wants and fears. This talk explores a simple yet powerful way of arousing loving pres…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-07-10 – Skeleton Woman: Embracing This Living and Dying World – Based on a wonderful myth told by Clarissa Estes, this talk looks at the way we run from “lady death” and the blessings of opening our arms and heart. It is a repeat from 2009-10-07 a…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-05-15 – Releasing the Barriors to Unconditional Loving – We long for love and habitually armor our hearts. This talk explores the aggression and clinging that protect our wound of feeling unlovable, and the ways that mindfulness can dissolve our d…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-05-08 – Remembering Being – Our fear-based doings block us from realizing the formless dimension of our Being, and living from that source of wisdom and love.  This talk explores the habitual control strategies that keep us from presence; and the …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-04-28 – Retreat Talk: Loving Ourselves – The greatest truths we forget, and one of them is that if we don’t love the life that is right here–what we perceive as self–we are unable to embrace our world. This talk explores the suffering of turning…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-04-24 – Letting Go Into Living and Dying – Our capacity to live and love fully is directly related to our acceptance of change and loss. This talk explores how we avoid the pain of loss, ways of practicing that open us to this changing world, and …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-04-03 – Part 3: Three Blessings – Looking In the Mirror – The third gift on the journey of awakening is the mirror. In this talk we explore how to look back into our own minds and discover the timeless, radiant presence that is our essence. It is …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2009-10-26 – (retreat talk) Self Compassion – We can only find love and peace in this life if we are able to hold our inner life with compassion. This talk explores the subtle and therefore often unseen ways that we turn on ourselves, and the pathways …

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-12-31 – Minting Gold – Embodying the Awakened Heart – Our core conditioning expresses as both a longing for love and the pain of not trusting we are loveable. This talk explores how we create the experience of separation, and the key meditative he…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2010-06-16 – The Fires of Loss – We all encounter the great losses of our own health and life, and of cherished others. We are conditioned to resist opening to the rawness and grief that comes with loss. This talk describes the refuge of presence in th…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-02-20 – Beyond the Interpreted World – Hildegard of Bingen writes, “An interpreted world is not a Home.” This talk explores the suffering that arises from believing in an interpreted reality, and the love, aliveness and freedom that becomes access…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2013-02-13 – The Wings of a Liberating Presence – No matter what is happening in our lives, if we relate to our experience with mindful recognition and an allowing presence, it becomes a portal to freedom. In this talk we explore how the cultivation of…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-12-29 – (retreat talk) The God Whom I Love is Inside – Our suffering arises from unlived life–the fears and loneliness and hurt that we have been unable to digest and include in our heart. This talk explores our conditioning to become dis-embodie…

Tara Brach http://www.tarabrach.com by Tara Brach 2012-11-14 – Hands Off the Controls – We are deeply conditioned to respond to impermanence and inevitable loss by trying to control our experience. Our egoic reactivity prevents us from responding wisely to our life, and living the moments fully. This …