Tara Brach
Episodes
Meditation: Reconnecting to Silence and Presence
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Reconnecting to Silence and Presence - Only in silence and presence do we realign with what matters to our hearts. This simple practice of...
Nourishing Our Spirit in Times of Collective Fear
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Meditation: Whole Body Breathing
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Whole Body Breathing - This guided meditation includes a body scan and invites the receptivity and letting-go of whole body breathing. Onc...
Self Forgiveness with RAIN
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Self Forgiveness with RAIN - Our inability to forgive ourselves blocks healing and freedom. As we explore in this talk, the habit of judging and blami...
Meditation: Awake and Alive
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awake and Alive - This guided practice includes a body scan, and an opening to the awareness that includes all of life. From that wakeful ...
Equanimity – Part 4 of Present Heart: Universal Expressions of Love
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Equanimity – Part 4 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence - We arrive in presence by deepening attention in the body; relaxing and awakening through a body scan...
Joy – Part 3 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Joy – Part 3 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love - Part 3: Joy – blossoms in the moments our hearts open boundlessly to reality, t...
Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome - This meditation scans through the body, and awakens attention to the open, inclusive awareness that ...
Compassion – Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Compassion – Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love - Part 2: Compassion – the tender resonance of heart – awakens as we all...
Meditation: Awareness Is Our Home
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awareness Is Our Home - This guided practice helps us come into our senses through a body scan. We then rest in the awareness that is list...
Lovingkindness – Part 1 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lovingkindness – Part 1 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love - We awaken our natural lovingkindness by learning to attend to and take...
Meditation: Path of Love
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Path of Love - This heart practice opens with the intention to bring a kind presence to whatever arises. After arriving with a body scan, ...
Responding with Heart to Painful Times: Conversation with Tara & Frank Ostaseski
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Responding with Heart to Painful Times: A Conversation with Tara & Frank Ostaseski - This event includes short talks addressing the suffering so many ...
Meditation: Present Heart
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Present Heart - We awaken a present heart by relaxing with the breath and bringing the kindness of a smile into our bodily experience. Thi...
Relationships - from Reactivity to Rechoosing Love
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Relationships - from Reactivity to Rechoosing Love - Most of us have habitual ways we create separation from others. This talk takes a look at the roo...
Meditation: Meeting Life with a Spacious Heart
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Meeting Life with a Spacious Heart - Especially when we're stressed, we need pathways to an allowing, kind presence. This meditation guide...
Compassion toward Non-Human Animals - A Conversation between Konda Mason and Tara Brach
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Compassion toward Non-Human Animals - A Conversation between Konda Mason and Tara Brach - The medicine our world most needs is compassion, and it is c...
Meditation: Entrusting Yourself to the Waves
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Entrusting Yourself to the Waves - By not resisting, by letting the waves wash through us, we began to relax. Rather than fighting the sto...
Being Embodied: Gateway to Aliveness and Spirit – Part 2
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Being Embodied: Gateway to Aliveness and Spirit – Part 2 - All that we cherish—creativity, love, wisdom, realization—arises from an embodied pre...
Meditation: Inhabiting Our Body, Realizing Wholeness
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Inhabiting Our Body, Realizing Wholeness - Awakening awareness in the body is the portal to resting in boundless and dynamic presence. Thi...
Being Embodied: Gateway to Aliveness and Spirit – Part 1
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Being Embodied: Gateway to Aliveness and Spirit – Part 1 - All that we cherish—creativity, love, wisdom, realization—arises from an embodied pre...
Meditation: Embodied Spirit
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Embodied Spirit - Experiencing our aliveness through our senses is the gateway to resting in formless loving presence. This meditation gui...
Engaged Spirituality during Times of Upheaval
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Engaged Spirituality during Times of Upheaval - Engaged spirituality means responding to our world's suffering with wisdom and deep care. This talk lo...
Meditation – Compassion Practice – Tonglen
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Compassion Practice – Tonglen - Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation, "Awakening Co...
Equanimity: The Gifts of Non-Reactive Mindful Presence
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Equanimity: The Gifts of Non-Reactive Mindful Presence - If we want to bring our intelligence, creativity and love into our relationships and world, w...
Meditation: Being a Kind Witness
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Being a Kind Witness - Learning to witness what is going on inside us is the gateway to inner freedom and deep realization. This meditatio...
Radical Acceptance - Gateway to Love, Wisdom and Peace
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Radical Acceptance - Gateway to Love, Wisdom and Peace - (2022-02-23) - Acceptance is radical because it undoes our resistance to reality. This talk e...
Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care - This guided meditation helps us cultivate a friendly relationship with our experience. Using the image of ...
Cultivating Loving Kindness
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cultivating Loving Kindness - The ground of loving kindness is seeing the basic goodness in ourselves, each other and our world. This is what gives ri...
Heart Meditation: Loving Kindness – Befriending our Lives
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Heart Meditation: Loving Kindness – Befriending our Lives - This heart meditation guides us in how to cultivate a deep quality of friendliness in re...
Love in Action: Realizing Interbeing
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Love in Action: Realizing Interbeing - The suffering in our world arises out of a sense of separation—from our own bodies and hearts, each other, an...
Meditation: Spacious, Clear Awareness
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Spacious, Clear Awareness - This meditation begins with a breath that calms and collects the attention, and then a body scan that enables ...
The Earth is Crying in our Hearts
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Earth is Crying in our Hearts - The suffering in our world arises out of a sense of separation—from our own bodies and hearts, each other, and t...
Meditation: Breathing Through
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Breathing Through - Drawn from a classic Tibetan Buddhist compassion practice, this guided meditation invites us to open to the sufferings...
Living with Courageous Presence
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Living with Courageous Presence - The essence of courage is to willingly feel our vulnerability; this is what allows us to respond to life with an und...
Meditation: Know That You're Here
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Know That You're Here - We spend many moments in a trance, time traveling to the past and future, lost in a virtual reality. This meditati...
Resilience and Wisdom in an Uncertain World (Conversation: Tara & Trisha Stotler, IMCW)
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Resilience and Wisdom in an Uncertain World (Conversation: Tara & Trisha Stotler, IMCW) - The Buddhist scriptures describe a mind that "no longer shak...
Meditation: Silence, Presence and Care (2022-01-19)
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Silence, Presence and Care (2022-01-19) - Quieting our busy bodies and minds brings alive our heart and spirit. This practice begins with ...
Compass of Our Heart
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Compass of Our Heart - All of our actions, our entire life experience, arises from the energy of intention. While it's natural that our intentions are...
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Awareness (2022-01-12)
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Awareness (2022-01-12) - When we fully inhabit our body, we discover the space and wakefulness of awareness itself. In ...
Finding True Refuge: Pathways of Remembering
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Finding True Refuge: Pathways of Remembering - This talk explores the three archetypal refuges of awareness (Buddha-nature), truth (Dharma) and love (...
Meditation: Letting Go… Letting Be (2022-01-05)
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Letting Go… Letting Be (2022-01-05) - This guided meditation invites us to imagine a clenched fist relaxing open, and explores this in r...
Meditation: What Matters to your Heart?
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: What Matters to your Heart? - Entering a new year is a wonderful opportunity to clarify our purpose. In this guided visualization, we are ...
Loving Ourselves into Healing - Part 3
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Loving Ourselves into Healing - Part 3 - We are often at war with our difficult emotions—judging and hating ourselves for our fear, anger, clinging ...
Meditation: Awakening an Intimate Presence (2021-12-29)
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awakening an Intimate Presence (2021-12-29) - This guided meditation cultivates a relaxed, gentle presence with whatever expressions of li...
Loving Ourselves into Healing - Part II (2021-12-22)
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Loving Ourselves into Healing - Part II (2021-12-22) - We are often at war with our difficult emotions—judging and hating ourselves for our fear, an...
Meditation: Awakening Loving Presence (2021-12-22)
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awakening Loving Presence (2021-12-22) - Loving presence is an innate capacity, and it can be cultivated. This meditation begins with a sc...
Loving Ourselves into Healing - Part I (2021-12-15)
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Loving Ourselves into Healing - Part I (2021-12-15) - We are often at war with our difficult emotions—judging and hating ourselves for our fear, ang...
Meditation: Collecting and Quieting the Mind (2021-12-15)
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Collecting and Quieting the Mind (2021-12-15) - Our conditioned mind is filled with distractions, including worry-thoughts that continuall...
Awakening from the Trance of Unworthiness - Interview with Tara and Dr. Mark Hyman
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Awakening from the Trance of Unworthiness - Interview with Tara and Dr. Mark Hyman (2021-12-09) - Our healing and freedom unfolds as we bring radical ...
Meditation: Refuge in Presence (2021-12-08)
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Refuge in Presence (2021-12-08) - We arrive in presence through the gateway of the body, scanning through with awareness, and then resting...
Preparing our Hearts for the Holidays (2021-12-01)
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Preparing our Hearts for the Holidays (2021-12-01) - While the holidays can be times of loving celebration, they can also highlight relational conflic...
Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (2021-12-01)
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (2021-12-01) - Taking in the Goodness: Rumi said, "Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – tow...
Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationship
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationship - Gratitude arises when we are in sacred relationship with life—present, open and receptive. This talk explo...
Meditation: Energy and Source (2021-11-24)
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Energy and Source (2021-11-24) - Our incessant thinking removes us from the full aliveness, vastness and mystery of Being. This guided pra...
Recevoir la bonté présente (Méditation de retraite) (de-TaraBrach-traduite-par-Dominique-Fugère)
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recevoir la bonté présente - Méditation de retraite - Rumi à dit : « À chaque fois que vous recevez une gentillesse, tournez-vous vers sa source...
Conversation: Facing the Truths That Keep Us from Love
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Facing the Truths That Keep Us from Love: Conversation between Rev Angel Kyodo Williams and Tara Brach - Our happiness and capacity to love fully aris...
Meditation: Filling Our Body with Love (2021-11-17)
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Filling Our Body with Love (2021-11-17) - When we are fully awake, love shines through our entire body and being. This meditation awakens ...
Meditation: RAIN of Compassion (9 min.)
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: RAIN of Compassion (9 min.) - In this short practice we are guided in bringing the mindfulness and self-nurturing of RAIN to a difficult e...
Fear and Love (retreat talk)
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fear and Love (2021-11-01) - Only when we face our fears can we discover the freedom to love without holding back. This talk looks at how unprocessed ...
Meditation: Awakening Self-Compassion (2021-11-10)
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awakening Self-Compassion (2021-11-10) - This RAIN meditation helps us explore pathways to nurturing ourselves in a way that brings profou...
After the RAIN: Part 2 - The Flowering of Awake Awareness (2021 -11 -03)
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After the RAIN: Part 2 - The Flowering of Awake Awareness - (2021 -11 -03) - The blessing of the spiritual path is homecoming to our essential nature—...
Meditation: The Return to Presence - Rest Your Mind in What Is (2021-11-03)
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Return to Presence - Rest Your Mind In What Is (2021-11-03) - It's natural that our attention wanders, and the more we relax back, the...
After the RAIN: Part 1 - The Flowering of Awake Awareness
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After the RAIN: Part 1 - The Flowering of Awake Awareness - The blessing of the spiritual path is homecoming to our essential nature—wakeful, loving...
Meditation: The Space of Loving Awareness (2021-10-27)
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Space of Loving Awareness (2021-10-27) - This meditation begins by guiding us through a scan: opening to inner space and aliveness, th...
Wise Investigation: Dissolving the Trance
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wise Investigation: Dissolving the Trance - If we are suffering, it is because we are believing something that is not true and caught in emotional rea...
Meditation: Widening Rings of Being (2021-10-20)
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Widening Rings of Being (2021-10-20) - If we can recognize thoughts as thoughts, it becomes possible to open from virtual to living realit...
Grieving and Timeless Love
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grieving and Timeless Love - How we relate to change and loss is directly connected to how fully we live and love. This talk looks at the classic ways...
Meditation: A Practice of RAIN
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: A Practice of RAIN - The acronym RAIN – Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture – guides us in bringing mindfulness and compassion to d...
Realizing Your Deepest Desires
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Realizing Your Deepest Desires - This talk differentiates between egoic intentions (driven by wants and fears), and our true aspiration (deepest desir...
Meditation: Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go
07 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go - This meditation guides us through a body scan and into a relaxed, open presence. When we realize we a...
Facing Fear in a Traumatized World
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Facing Fear in a Traumatized World (2021-09-29) - Unprocessed fear cuts us off from our full aliveness and spirit, and it separates us from others. Th...
Meditation: The Heart-Wisdom of Your Future Self (2021-09-29)
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Heart-Wisdom of Your Future Self (2021-09-29) - In this meditation, we relax and open our body and mind, and then explore an encount...
Anger: Responding, Not Reacting (2021-09-22)
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anger: Responding, Not Reacting (2021-09-22) - Anger is natural, intelligent and necessary for surviving and flourishing. Yet when we are hooked by an...
Meditation: Present Heart (2021-09-22)
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Present Heart (2021-09-22) - We awaken a present heart by relaxing with the breath, and bringing the kindness of a smile into our bodily e...
Radical Friendship: Conversation between Tara Brach and Kate Johnson
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Radical Friendship: Conversation between Tara and Kate Johnson - The often unseen cause of our difficulties in relationships is the societal structure...
Meditation: Sitting Like a Mountain (2021-09-15)
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Sitting Like a Mountain (2021-09-15) - Meditation can empower us as we learn to access our potential for stability, strength and openness....
A Conversation Between Tara and Mark Nepo
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Conversation Between Tara and Mark Nepo - Mark is a spiritual teacher, wonderful poet, and author of many books including best selling "The Book of ...
Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness (2021-09-08) - This meditation awakens a receptive attention to the senses, starting with physical...
The Wise Heart of Radical Acceptance
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Wise Heart of Radical Acceptance - When we are caught in self-judgment we forget the truth of who we are - our wholeness, awareness and love. This...
Meditation: Relaxing Back and Saying "Yes" to the Moment
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxing Back and Saying "Yes" to the Moment - When we are stressed, our conditioning is to tighten our body. We tense against our moment-...
The Blessings of "Enough" - Discovering Contentment in Daily Life (PT 2)
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Blessings of "Enough" - Discovering Contentment in Daily Life (Part 2) - One of the great gifts of mindful awareness is access to true contentment...
Meditation: Resting Your Heart in Presence
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Resting Your Heart in Presence - When we're having difficulty, we typically tense up our body and mind, and armor our heart. This practice...
The Blessings of "Enough" - Discovering Contentment in Daily Life (Part 1)
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Blessings of "Enough" - Discovering Contentment in Daily Life (Part 1) - One of the great gifts of mindful awareness is access to true contentment...
Meditation: Saying "Yes" to Life
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Saying "Yes" to Life - We are conditioned to scan for "what's wrong" and contract our body and mind in anticipation of danger. This medita...
Humility
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Humility - In Buddhism and most faiths, humility – feeling that we all share common ground, feeling neither superior or inferior to others – is bo...
Meditation: Dedicated to Maya Angelou - Being Home
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Dedicated to Maya Angelou - Being Home (2021-08-11) - This meditation cultivates a gentle, wakeful presence - arriving into our bodies and...
Taking 'The Exquisite Risk': An Undefended Heart
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Taking 'The Exquisite Risk': An Undefended Heart - Poet Mark Nepo uses the phrase "exquisite risk" to describe our willingness to be fully alive, open...
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Full Presence
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Full Presence (2017-03-22) - This guided practice begins with a conscious breath that relaxes the body and mind, and th...
Writing and Haiku as Spiritual Practice (Tara Brac Interviews Natalie Goldberg)
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writing and Haiku as Spiritual Practice (Tara Brach Interviews Natalie Goldberg) -
Meditation: The Space of Loving Awareness
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Space of Loving Awareness - This meditation begins by guiding us through a scan: opening to inner space and aliveness, then to outer s...
The Power of Spiritual Hope
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Power of Spiritual Hope (2021-07-21) - The openness to possibility is essential on a path of awakening and freedom. In this talk we explore what m...
Meditation: Nourishing Happiness with RAIN
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Nourishing Happiness with RAIN - While RAIN is regularly used for untangling suffering, it is also a powerful tool for deepening our acces...
Mindful Leadership: A Conversation between Tara Brach and Michelle Maldonado (2021-07-14)
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mindful Leadership: A Conversation between Tara Brach and Michelle Maldonado (2021-07-14) - The principles of mindful leadership are relevant for all ...
Meditation: Living Presence – with Body Scan (2021-07-15)
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Living Presence – with Body Scan (2021-07-15) - A key pathway to full presence is awakening through the body. This meditation guides us ...
Three Core Reminders for Spiritual Practice
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three Core Reminders for Spiritual Practice - This talk explores three powerful ways you can direct your attention when you find yourself emotionally ...
Meditation: Relaxed and Alert
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxed and Alert (2021-07-07) - This meditation begins with a period of relaxing and collecting our attention with intentional long deep ...
Trusting the Gold: A Conversation - Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trusting the Gold: A Conversation - Tara Brach and Jonathan Foust - In this interview-style conversation, Jonathan asks Tara questions about key theme...
Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (2021-06-30)
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (2021-06-30) - Taking in the Goodness: Rumi said, "Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – tow...