Tara Brach

2012-03-28 - Attend and Befriend: Healing the Fear Body

06 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2012-03-28 - Attend and Befriend: Healing the Fear Body - Our fear management strategies--versions of fight/flight-- contract our body and mind, and s...

2015-04-29 - Investigating Reality - Beyond an Interpreted World

02 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-29 - Investigating Reality - Beyond an Interpreted World - The skillful use of inquiry - asking questions in a way that energizes and focuses ...

2015-04-20 - Meditation: Vipassana witih Instruction (from retreat)

02 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-20 - Meditation: Vipassana witih Instruction - Morning guided meditation and instruction from the 2015 IMCW Spring Retreat

Retreat Talk - Loving Yourself into Freedom

26 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 lov...

2015-04-22 - Meditation - Letting Life Be, Just As It Is

26 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-22 - Meditation - Letting Life Be, Just As It Is - from morning instructions at the IMCW 2015 Spring Retreat

2015-04-15 - True Happiness - Realizing Well Being

17 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-15 - True Happiness - Realizing Well Being - Well being is the deep contentment that arises from a relaxed, wakeful presence. This talk explor...

2015-04-15 - Meditation: Relaxing, Smiling, Being Here

17 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-15 - Meditation: Relaxing, Smiling, Being Here

2015-04-08 - Three Liberating Gifts: Part 3 - Looking in the Mirror

12 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-08 - Three Liberating Gifts: Part 3 - Looking in the Mirror - This 3 part series is based on a teaching story from the Upanishads that shows o...

2015-04-08 - Meditation: Coming Home to the Senses

12 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-08 - Meditation: Coming Home to the Senses

2015-04-01 - Three Liberating Gifts: Part 2 - Inner Fire

04 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-01 - Three Liberating Gifts: Part 2 - Inner Fire - This 3 part series is based on a teaching story from the Upanishads that shows our potentia...

2015-04-01 - Meditation: Listening to and Feeling Life

04 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-04-01 - Meditation: Listening to and Feeling Life

2015-03-25 - Three Liberating Gifts: Part 1 - Forgiveness

27 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-03-25 - Three Liberating Gifts: Part 1 - Forgiveness - This 3 part series is based on a teaching story from the Upanishads that shows our potenti...

2015-03-25 - Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence

27 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-03-25 - Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence

2015-03-18 - Freedom from Fear-Based Beliefs

21 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-03-18 - Freedom from Fear-Based Beliefs - This talk looks at how we get imprisoned in fear based, limiting beliefs. We then explore key meditativ...

2015-03-18 - Meditation: Awakening from the Dream

21 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-03-18 - Meditation: Awakening from the Dream

2009-08-26 - Genuine Acceptance

17 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2009-08-26 - Genuine Acceptance - Our capacity to accept this life is key to our freedom, yet there are many misconceptions about acceptance: People w...

2011-11-09 - Meditation - Discovering Inner Space

17 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2011-11-09 - Meditation - Discovering Inner Space - By imagining the space inside the body, we discover the continuous space of awareness that is the ...

2015-03-04 - Sure Heart's Release

07 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

2015-03-04 - Meditation: Open Wakeful Presence

07 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-03-04 - Meditation: Open Wakeful Presence

2015-02-25 - From Dragons to Schmoos - Meeting Life with Compassionate Presence

28 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-02-25 - From Dragons to Schmoos - Meeting Life with Compassionate Presence - The trance of unworthiness is sustained by our aversion to the drago...

2015-02-25 - Meditation: Resting in Wakeful Presence

28 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-02-25 - Meditation: Resting in Wakeful Presence - This meditation begins with a body scan, then guides us to a feeling of open presence.

2015-02-18 - Part 2: Basic Elements of Meditation Practice

21 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-02-18 - Part 2: Basic Elements of Meditation Practice - This two-part series offers a clear and fresh understanding of practices that cultivate m...

2015-02-18 - Meditation: Body Scan - Living Presence

21 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-02-18 - Meditation: Body Scan - Living Presence

2015-02-18 - Meditation: Body Scan - Living Presence - 11 minutes

21 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-02-18 - Meditation: Body Scan - Living Presence - 11 minutes

2015-02-11 - Part 1: Basic Elements of Meditation Practice

14 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-02-11 - Part 1: Basic Elements of Meditation Practice - This two-part series offers a clear and fresh understanding of practices that cultivate m...

2015-02-11 - Meditation - Coming Back to the Breath

14 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-02-11 - Meditation - Coming Back to the Breath

2014-12-31-Retreat Meditation - Forgiving Ourselves and Others

08 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2014-12-31-Retreat Meditation - Forgiving Ourselves and Others - Instruction and guided heart forgiveness practice from the 2014 IMCW New Year's Retre...

2015-01-28 - Inhabiting Our Bodies with Presence

30 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-01-28 - Inhabiting Our Bodies with Presence - Our conditioning is to pull away from our physical experience when it is difficult. When we regular...

2015-01-28 - Meditation: Living Presence

30 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-01-28 - Meditation: Living Presence

2015-01-21 - Listening to the Calling of Our Hearts

24 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-01-21 - Listening to the Calling of Our Hearts - In any moment, our intention - what we are energetically wanting - shapes our life experience. W...

2015-01-21 - Meditation: Awake Space - Relaxing Back Into Awareness

24 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-01-21 - Meditation: Awake Space - Relaxing Back Into Awareness

2015-01-14 Refuge in Loving Relationship

17 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-01-14 Refuge in Loving Relationship - Bringing presence to our relationships reveals our connectedness and essential Oneness. This talk explores ...

2015-01-14 - Meditation: Relaxing Back and Letting Life Be As It Is

17 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-01-14 - Meditation: Relaxing Back and Letting Life Be As It Is

2015-01-07 - Taking Refuge in Your Own True Nature

09 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-01-07 - Taking Refuge in Your Own True Nature - The three classic refuges of Buddha (awareness), Dharma (truth) and Sangha (loving relatedness) a...

2015-01-07 - Meditation: Living Open Presence

09 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2015-01-07 - Meditation: Living Open Presence

2014-12-30 - (retreat talk) Landlocked in Fur - Three Domains of Formless Presence

03 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2014-12-30 - Retreat Talk - Landlocked in Fur - Three Domains of Formless Presence - While we have evolved to experience a defining sense of separate ...

2014-12-30 Meditation - The Luminous Space of Awareness (retreat)

03 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

2014-12-30 Meditation - The Luminous Space of Awareness (given at the 2014 IMCW New Year's retreat in Reisterstown, MD) - This meditation shifts atten...

2014-08-02 - (retreat talk) Embodying Loving Presence

26 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-02 - (retreat talk) Embodying Loving Presence - This talk looks at the evolutionary fear-patterning that creates separation in our relationshi...

2014-12-17 - Part 2: Intimacy with Life

19 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

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...

2014-12-17 - Meditation: Light of Awareness

19 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-12-17 - Meditation: Light of Awareness

2014-12-10 - Part 1: Intimacy with Life

13 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

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...

2014-12-10 - Meditation: Intimacy with the Flow of Life

13 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-12-10 - Meditation: Intimacy with the Flow of Life

2014-10-30-Retreat Talk - Removing the Barriers to Love

05 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

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 f...

2014-11-26 - A Generous Heart

28 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-11-26 - A Generous Heart - Our deep potential is to live from an awake, loving heart. This talk looks at how, with a kind and mindful attention, ...

2014-11-26 - Guided Meditation - The Space of Awareness

28 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-11-26 - Guided Meditation - The Space of Awareness

2014-11-19 - Awakening Through Change and Loss

22 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-11-19 - Awakening Through Change and Loss - Our capacity to live and love fully is entirely related to how we open to the truth of impermanence. ...

2014-11-19 - Meditation - Opening to Life's Flow

22 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-11-19 - Meditation - Opening to Life's Flow

2014-11-12 The Sacred Art of Listening

22 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-11-12 The Sacred Art of Listening - Our capacity to live and love fully is entirely related to how we open to the truth of impermanence. This tal...

2014-11-12 Meditation - Listening to Life

22 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-11-12 Meditation - Listening to Life

2014-11-05 Radical Self-Honesty - The Joy of Getting Real

07 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-11-05 Radical Self-Honesty - The Joy of Getting Real - Our suffering arises from the unseen, unfelt, resisted parts of our psyche. This talk expl...

2014-11-05 Meditation - Relaxing into Living Presence

07 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Meditation - Relaxing into Living Presence (2014-11-05) - This meditation guides us to awaken to sensation using the image of a smile and scanning thr...

2014-10-26 - Retreat Talk - Sacred Fertilizer - The Portal of Fear

01 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-10-26 - Retreat Talk - Sacred fertilizer - The Portal of Fear - Bringing presence to the contraction of fear is a universal part of spiritual awa...

2014-10-22-Part 2 - Happiness

24 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-10-22-Part 2 - Happiness - The Buddha said that he would not teach about happiness if it were not possible to realize this experience of peace an...

2014-10-22-Meditation - Opening to Full Aliveness

24 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-10-22-Meditation - Opening to Full Aliveness

2014-10-15 - Part 1 - Happiness

18 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-10-15 - Part 1 - Happiness - The Buddha said that he would not teach about happiness if it were not possible to realize this experience of peace ...

2014-10-15 Meditation - Coming Back to Your Senses

18 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-10-15 Meditation - Coming Back to Your Senses

2014-10-08 - Part 2 - Unconditional Love

10 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-10-01 - Part 2 - Unconditional Love  - These two talks explore key elements in manifesting our innate capacity for unconditional love. Both talk...

2014-10-08 - Meditation - Loving Kindness

10 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

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2014-10-01 - Part 1 - Unconditional Love

03 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-10-01 - Part 1 - Unconditional Love - These two talks explore key elements in manifesting our innate capacity for unconditional love. Both talks ...

2014-10-01 - Meditation - Listening to and Feeling Our Life

03 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-10-01 - Guided Meditation - Listening to and Feeling Our Life

2014-09-24 - Awakening from the Landlocked Self

26 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Awakening from the Landlocked Self - The Buddha taught that our suffering arises from forgetting who we are. This talk explores the trance of identify...

2014-09-24 Meditation - Befriending and Opening to Life

26 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-09-24 Meditation - Befriending and Opening to Life

2014-09-17 - Earth's Crisis - On the Edge of the Roof

18 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-09-18 - Earth’s Crisis - On the Edge of the Roof - This talk views the ecological dis-ease of our planet through the lens of our evolutionary u...

2014-09-17-Meditation - Opening to Aliveness

18 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-09-17 Guided Meditation: Opening to Aliveness

2013-10-14 - Satsang - Peace is this Moment

13 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-14 - Satsang - Peace is this Moment - Evening of question/response with Tara after a meditation on Dorothy Hunt's poem, "Peace is Moment Witho...

2011-12-31 - Meditation - Awakening Compassion - Tonglen

13 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2011-12-31 - Guided Meditation - Awakening Compassion - Tonglen - Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This medit...

2013-05-13 - Question and Response at Satsang

08 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

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2011-04-13-Metta Meditation - Happiness

08 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2011-04-13-Metta Meditation - Happiness - 17 minutes - Tara was away this week, so posting a long-time and well-played favorite from her website at ww...

2013-05-29-Meditation-Just-This-Breath-TaraBrach-hq.mp3

08 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-27 - Loving Truth - The Power of Investigation

30 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-27 - Loving Truth - The Power of Investigation - A key element in spiritual awakening is wise and compassionate investigation. This talk explo...

2014-08-27 - Meditation - Space and Aliveness

30 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-27 - Guided Meditation - Space and Aliveness

2014-08-20 Bringing Awareness to Doing

23 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-20 Bringing Awareness to Doing - One of the core domains of egoic trance is addictive doing - chronic activity driven by fear and wanting that...

2014-08-20 Guided Meditation - Emptiness Dancing

23 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-20 Guided Meditation - Emptiness Dancing

2014-08-13 - Listening to the Song

16 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-13 - Listening to the Song - Tara was away this week, so asked for this favorite talk to be posted. Listening with our full heart and attentio...

2014-08-13-Guided Meditation - Coming Home to Being

16 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-13-Guided Meditation - Coming Home to Being - Tara was vacationing this weekend, so she offers a favorite from the archives.

Nuestra verdadera naturaleza

13 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Nuestra verdadera naturaleza - (Meditaciones de la colección de dos CD llamada  - La aceptación radical: Meditaciones guiadas) (Realizing Our True ...

Regresando a la presencia natural

13 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Regresando a la presencia natural - (Meditaciones de la colección de dos CD llamada  - La aceptación radical: Meditaciones guiadas) (Coming Home to...

Invocando una presencia apacible

13 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Invocando una presencia apacible - (Meditaciones de la colección de dos CD llamada  - La aceptación radical: Meditaciones guiadas) (Invoking Loving...

Cultivando un corazon dispuesto a perdonar

13 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Cultivando un corazon dispuesto a perdonar - (Meditaciones de la colección de dos CD llamada  - La aceptación radical: Meditaciones guiadas)  

Tonglen

13 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Tonglen - (Meditaciones de la colección de dos CD llamada  - La aceptación radical: Meditaciones guiadas) (Tonglen - Transforming Suffering into Co...

Aceptación radical del dolor

13 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Aceptación radical del dolor - (Meditaciones de la colección de dos CD llamada  - La aceptación radical: Meditaciones guiadas)  

Afrontar la vida con una sonrisa

13 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Afrontar la vida con una sonrisa - (Meditaciones de la colección de dos CD llamada  - La aceptación radical: Meditaciones guiadas)

2014-08-06 - Part 2 - Trusting Your Basic Goodness

09 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-06 - Part 2 - Trusting Your Basic Goodness - This talk continues the exploration of what causes our distrust of ourselves, others and life, an...

2014-08-06-Meditation: Entrusting Yourself to the Waves

09 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-08-06-Meditation: Entrusting Yourself to the Waves

2014-07-30 - Part 1 - Basic Trust

02 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-07-30 - Part 1 - Basic Trust - One of the expressions of an awakened heart-mind is a basic trust in reality. These talks explore the severed belo...

Meditation: Embodied Awareness

02 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-07-30 Meditation: Embodied Awareness

An Evening of Inquiry

25 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-07-23 - An Evening of Inquiry - In this class, Tara offered a guided meditation, some brief words on connecting with the felt sense of our experi...

Meditation: Coming Home to Your Breath

25 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-07-23 - Meditation: Coming Home to Your Breath

Nourishing a Liberating Intention

12 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-07-09 - Nourishing a Liberating Intention - The Buddha taught that this entire world arises out of the tip of intention. Intentions can arise fro...

Guided Meditation: Awake, Relaxed and Open

12 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-07-09 - Guided Meditation: Awake, Relaxed and Open

Blessings of Soul Recognition

04 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-07-02 Blessings of Soul Recognition - We live under an enchantment that has us see ourselves and each other as separate egoic entities. This talk...

Guided Meditation: Relaxing Back

04 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-07-02 Guided Meditation: Relaxing Back

Awakening through Conscious Relationship

20 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Communicating our vulnerability and learning to listen - seeking to understand another’s experience - are the keys to discovering the truth of our c...

Meditation: Resting as Awareness

20 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-06-18 Meditation: Resting as Awareness

Freedom and Happiness in Daily Life

13 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-06-11 - Freedom and Happiness in Daily Life - How you live today is how you live your life. This talk explores different meditative practices and...

Guided Meditation: Stand Still (standing meditation instructions)

13 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-06-11 - Guided Meditation: Stand Still (standing meditation instructions)

Awakening from Virtual Reality

06 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-06-04 - Awakening from Virtual Reality - This talk looks at the power our virtual reality of thoughts can hold over our lives. We then explore ho...

Meditation: Letting Life Live through You

06 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-06-04 - Meditation: Letting Life Live through You

Meditation: Inner Space-Gateway to Open Awareness

03 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2011-08-13 Meditation: Inner Space-Gateway to Open Awareness

Meditation: Arriving in Presence

03 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2010-02-03 Meditation: Arriving in Presence