Tara Brach

Humility

30 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-05-28 - Humility - In Buddhism and most faiths, humility - feeling that we all share common ground, feeling neither superior or inferior to other...

Meditation: Dedicated to Maya Angelou: Being at Home

30 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2015-05-28 - Guided Meditation: Dedicated to Maya Angelou: Being at Home

Heart Training on the Bodhisatva Path

23 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-05-21 - Heart Training on the Bodhisatva Path - Bodhisattva means “Awakened Being.” This path of awakening has three key domains for practice...

Question and Response

16 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-05-14 - Question and Response - Tara explores a range of questions that include working with unworthiness, recognizing aspiration, stepping out o...

Guided Meditation: Vipassana Instructions

16 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-05-14 - Guided Meditation: Vipassana Instructions

Am I Dreaming? (retreat talk)

10 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-05-07 - Am I Dreaming -  As we cultivate mindfulness we become increasingly aware of how we move through huge swaths of our life in trance. This...

Part 2: Conflict - From Fight Flight Freeze to Attend Befriend

01 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-30 - Part 2 - Conflict - From Fight Flight Freeze to Attend Befriend - How do we reconcile conflict when caught in reactivity sourced in traum...

Meditation: Relaxing Back into Wakeful Openness

01 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-30 - Guided Meditation: Relaxing Back into Wakeful Openness

Awakening Through Conflict

25 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-23 - Awakening Through Conflict - As long as we are identified as separate selves, we will inevitably experience conflict with others. If we l...

Meditation - Listening to and Feeling the Moment

25 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-23 - Meditation - Listening to and Feeling the Moment

RAIN - Cultivating a Mindful Awareness

19 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-16 - RAIN - Cultivating a Mindful Presence - The acronym RAIN is a powerful tool for interrupting habitual patterns of emotional reactivity an...

Guided Meditation: Breath as Homebase

19 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-16 - Guided Meditation: Breath as Homebase

Guided Meditation: Metta (Lovingkindness)

15 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-02-05-Guided Meditation: Metta (Lovingkindness)

Loving and Losing

11 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-09 - Loving and Losing - The way that we relate to impermanence and loss shapes our capacity to live and love fully. This talk, drawing on Mar...

Guided Meditation: Living Presence

11 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-09 - Guided Meditation: Living Presence

Guided Meditation: Arriving in Presence

05 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2010-08-04 - Guided Meditation - Arriving in Presence

Stress and Our Evolving Consciousness

05 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-02 - Stress and Our Evolving Consciousness - The universal experience of stress (in Buddhism, called dukkha) is a message that we are not real...

Guided Meditation: Connecting with Aliveness and Openness

05 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-04-02 - Guided Meditation: Connecting with Aliveness and Openness

Planting Ourselves in the Universe

29 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-03-26 - Planting Ourselves in the Universe - When we are lost in the trance of thinking, we disconnect from the aliveness, awareness and love tha...

Guided Meditation: Relaxing into Presence

29 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-03-26 - Guided Meditation: Relaxing into Presence

Return of the Prodigal Son

22 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-03-19 - Return of the Prodigal Son - Drawing on Henri Nouwen’s book that interprets this famous parable, this talk looks at the ways we cut off...

Meditation: Letting Life Live Through You

22 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-03-19 - Guided Meditation: Letting Life Live Through You

Part 5 - Equanimity - A Heart That is Ready for Anything

15 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-03-12 - Part 5 - Equanimity - A Heart that is Ready for Anything - Equanimity is the quality of presence that is open, balanced and non-reactive....

Guided Meditation: Cultivating a Relaxed Attentiveness

15 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-03-12 - Guided Meditation: Cultivating a Relaxed Attentiveness

Part 4: Opening to Joy

07 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-03-05 - Part 4 - Opening to Joy - Our innate capacity for joy is blocked by our habitual ways of paying attention. This talk explores three key p...

Meditation: Dynamic Presence

07 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-03-05 - Guided Meditation: Dynamic Presence

Guided Forgiveness Meditation

01 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-02-26-Guided Forgiveness Meditation - a short cut from the end of the "A Forgiving Heart" talk

Part 3: A Forgiving Heart

28 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-02-26 - Part 3 - A Forgiving Heart - Anger is an intelligent emotion, a natural part of our evolutionary design that lets us know when we are end...

Meditation: A Healing Breath

28 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-02-26 - Guided Meditation: A Healing Breath

Part 2: Heart of Compassion

21 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-02-19 - Part 2: Heart of Compassion - Most of us consciously value compassion, but move through much of life without access to the full capacity ...

2014-02-19 - Guided Meditation: Into Stillness

21 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-02-19 - Guided Meditation: Into Stillness

Mindfulness-In-Schools-TimRyan.mp3

14 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-07 - Mindfulness in Schools- Enabling Children to Realize their Full Potential - Congressman (OH) Tim Ryan speaks at Walt Whitman HS, Bethesda...

2013-10-07 - Mindfulness-In-Schools-TaraBrach.mp3

11 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-07 - Mindfulness in Schools- Enabling Children to Realize their Full Potential - This talk explores stress-related emotional suffering and how...

2014-02-05 - Part 1: Universal Faces of Love

06 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-02-05 - Part 1: Universal Faces of Love - Lovingkindness, or metta, is the first of the four divine abodes in buddhist teachings. This talk explo...

Guided Meditation: Listening to and Feeling the Moment (2)

06 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-02-05-Guided Meditation: Listening to and Feeling the Moment (2)

Awakening from Virtual Reality (retreat talk)

31 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2009-05-02 - Awakening from Virtual Reality - This talk examines how we get stuck in identifying as a separate, deficient self, and the way that a dee...

Guided Meditation: Lovingkindness (metta) (from retreat)

31 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2012-04-28 Guided Heart Meditation: Lovingkindness (metta) from retreat

Listening to the Song

24 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-01-22 - Listening to the Song - Listening with our full heart and attention is the gateway to understanding and love. This talk explores the chal...

Guided Meditation: A Listening Presence

24 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-01-22 - Guided Meditation - A Listening Presence

Realizing Our Undefended and Awakened Heart (retreat talk)

17 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2013-12-29 - Realizing Our Undefended and Awakened Heart (retreat talk) - It is our evolutionary and spiritual potential to release unnecessary habits...

Walking Meditation Instructions (from retreat)

17 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2013-12-28 - Walking Meditation Instruction (from the IMCW 2013 New Year's retreat)

Path of True Refuge

11 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-01-08 - Path of True Refuge - This talk explores the three archetypal gateways to liberation - awareness (Buddha), truth (Dharma) and love (Sangh...

Guided Meditation: Refuge in Living Presence

11 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2014-01-08 - Guided Meditation: Refuge in Living Presence

Part 2: The Sure Heart's Release

03 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2011-02-16 - Part 2 - The Sure Heart's Release - Our longing is to realize and embody loving presence, yet we each have deeply conditioned habits that...

Guided Meditation: The Center of Now - Includes Body Scan

03 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

2011-02-16 - Guided Meditation: The Center of Now - Includes Body Scan

Guided Meditation: The Sky of Awareness

27 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2011-02-09 - Guided Meditation - The Sky of Awareness

Part 1: The Sure Heart's Release

26 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2011-02-29 - Part 1 - The Sure Heart's release - Our longing is to realize and embody loving presence, yet we each have deeply conditioned habits that...

Part 2: Evolving Toward Unconditional Love

21 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-12-18 - Part 2: Evolving Toward Unconditional Love - This two part series explores the evolutionary conditioning of fear and judgment that contra...

Guided Meditation: Being Presence 2

21 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-12-18 - Guided Meditation: Being Presence 2

Part 1: Evolving Toward Unconditional Love

13 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-12-11 - Part 1: Evolving Toward Unconditional Love - This two part series explores the evolutionary conditioning of fear and judgment that contra...

Guided Meditation: Space & Aliveness

13 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-12-11 - Guided Meditation: Space & Aliveness

Wings of Homecoming (retreat talk)

07 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-23 - Wings of Homecoming (retreat talk) - Part of incarnating is to feel separate and forget the mysterious oneness that is our home. This ta...

The Evolving of Generosity

28 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 capacit...

Guided Meditation: Listening to & Feeling the Moment

28 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-11-27 Guided Meditation: Listening to & Feeling the Moment

Accessing Innate Wisdom

21 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Guided Meditation: Choiceless Awareness

21 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-11-20 Guided Meditation: Choiceless Awareness

Part 2: Vulnerability, Intimacy, & Spiritual Awakening

16 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-11-13 - Part 2 - Vulnerability, Intimacy and Spiritual Awakening - We each live with uncertainty and the fear of rejection and loss, and we each ...

Guided Meditation: Breath & Presence

16 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-11-13 - Guided Meditation: Breath & Presence

Part 1: Vulnerability, Intimacy, & Spiritual Awakening

08 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-11-06 - Part 1: Vulnerability, Intimacy, & Spiritual Awakening - We each live with uncertainty and the fear of rejection and loss, and we each ar...

Guided Meditation: Continuous Space, Filled with Awareness

08 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-11-06-Guided Meditation: Continuous Space, Filled with Awareness

Healing Self-Doubt

03 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-30 - Healing Self-Doubt - Siddhartha Gautama’s last challenge before enlightenment was doubt, and to some degree, most of us live with limit...

Guided Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence

03 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-30 - Guided Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence

Guided Forgiveness Practice (retreat)

26 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-20 SatPM (retreat) Guided Forgiveness Practice - Instructions, then a guided forgiveness meditation.

The Heartspace That is Our True Home (retreat talk)

26 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 disc...

Part 2: Happiness

18 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-16 - Part 2: Happiness - This 2-part series explores conditioned and unconditioned happiness: What blocks us from experiencing true well-being...

Guided Meditation: Listening to, and Feeling, the Moment

18 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-16 Guided Meditation: Listening to, and Feeling, the Moment

Part 1: Happiness

11 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-09 - Part 1: Happiness - This 2-part series explores conditioned and unconditioned happiness: What blocks us from experiencing true well-being...

Guided Meditation: Being Presence

11 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-09 - Guided Meditation: Being Presence

Loving Life, Loving Earth

04 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-02 - Loving Life, Loving Earth - What will it take to have us collectively awaken to the suffering of our earth and respond?  This talk looks...

Guided Meditation: Choosing Living Presence

04 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-10-02 - Guided Meditation: Choosing Living Presence

Part 2: Entering the Wilderness

27 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-09-25 - Part 2: Entering the Wilderness - On all spiritual paths, we journey into the inner wilderness to discover the nature of nature - the tru...

Vipassana (Insight or Mindfulness) Meditation

27 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-09-25 - Guided Meditation - Vipassana (Insight or Mindfulness)

Part 1: Entering the Wilderness

20 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-09-18 - Part 1 - Entering the Wilderness - On all spiritual paths, we journey into the inner wilderness to discover the nature of nature - the tr...

Guided Meditation: Embodied Presence

20 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-09-18 Guided Meditation: Embodied Presence

Peace Work

14 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-09-11 - Peace Work - The hope for inner and world peace lies in our evolutionary capacity to shift from Fight-Flight-Freeze reactivity to respond...

Guided Meditation: Breath and Awareness

14 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-09-11 - Guided Meditation: Breath and Awareness

From Egoic to Unconditioned Loving

08 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 att...

Guided Meditation - Letting Life Be As It Is

08 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-09-04 - Guided Meditation - Letting Life Be As It Is

Part 2: Relating to the Fearsome Deities

30 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-08-28 - Part 2: Relating to the Fearsome Deities - Whenever Mara--the shadow side--appeared during the Buddha's life, his response was simple and...

Guided Meditation: Rest As Presence

30 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-08-28 - Guided Meditation: Rest As Presence

Part 1: Relating to the Fearsome Deities

23 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-08-21 - Part 1: Relating to the Fearsome Deities - Our relationship to fear shapes our life experience. If we are unconscious, and reflexively tr...

Guided Meditation: Resting As Awareness

23 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-08-21 - Guided Meditation: Resting As Awareness

The Gift of Silence - (from 2007)

18 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2007-09-26 - The Gift of Silence - Through all spiritual traditions, there is a valuing of silence and stillness. When the mind has quieted, it become...

Guided Meditation: Into the Stillness

18 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2007-09-26 - Guided Meditation: Into the Stillness

True Belonging

09 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-08-07 - True Belonging - We all have a longing to belong. When pursued at the egoic level--often through our good-personhood projects--there may ...

Meditation: The Aliveness and Space of Presence

09 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-08-07 - Guided Meditation - The Aliveness and Space of Presence

From Story to Presence

03 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2009-09-09 - From Story to Presence - A fundamental skill cultivated through meditation is awakening from our stories and arriving back in the alivene...

Meditation - Relaxing the Heart

03 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2009-09-09 - Relaxing the Heart

Three Gestures of Love

27 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 sel...

Guided Meditation: A Listening, Receptive Presence

27 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-07-24 - Guided Meditation: A Listening, Receptive Presence

Introducción a la Meditación Parte 1: El Arte y Ciencia de la Meditación

27 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2010-10-13 - Introducción a la Meditación Parte 1: El Arte y Ciencia de la MeditaciónLa primera sesión define la meditación y describe las enseñ...

Absolute Cooperation with the Inevitable

20 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-07-17 - Absolute Cooperation with the Inevitable - This talk addresses common misunderstandings about acceptance (allowing, "letting be") and exp...

Meditation: Letting Life Be, Just As It is

20 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-07-17 - Guided Meditation: Letting Life Be, Just As It Is

Skeleton Woman: Embracing This Living and Dying World

13 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

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 r...

Guided Meditation: Embodied Spirit

13 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2012-09-19 Guided Meditation: Embodied Spirit

Part 2: Hope and the Spiritual Path

05 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-07-03 - Part 2: Hope and the Spiritual Path - In this talk we further define the nature of mature or spiritual hope as part of a trinity that inc...

Guided Meditation: Beingness and Aliveness

05 Jul 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-07-04 - Guided Meditation: Beingness and Aliveness

Guided Meditation: The Dance of Aliveness

29 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-06-26 - Guided Meditation: The Dance of Aliveness

Part 1: Hope and the Spiritual Path

29 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2013-06-26 - Part 1: Hope and the Spiritual Path - This talk looks at the difference between egoic hopes and fears, and the quality of hopefulness ("h...

The Bodisattva Path: Widening Circles of Compassion

21 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

2009-05-07 - Bodhisattva Path - Widening Circles of Compassion - A bodhisattva (awakened being) is committed to relieving suffering and living life f...