Tara Brach
Episodes
Meditation: Vast and Timeless Presence (2019-10-16)
17 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Vast and Timeless Presence - The pathway to inhabiting our full presence is including, with mindfulness all parts of experience. This guid...
Belonging to Each Other - Part 1 (2019-10-09)
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Belonging to Each Other - Part 1 (2019-10-09) - Mother Teresa writes that if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each ...
Meditation: Relaxed and Alert (2019-10-09)
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxed and Alert - This meditation begins with a period of relaxing and collecting our attention with intentional long deep breathing. We...
Spiritual Hope: Trusting Your Awakening Heart (2019-10-02)
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Spiritual Hope: Trusting Your Awakening Heart - Our beliefs and understandings about reality directly impact our moment to moment experience of living...
Meditation: Relaxing into Awake Awareness (2019-10-02)
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxing into Awake Awareness - We realize our true nature by relaxing back into what is always, already here. Starting by scanning and op...
Wise Investigation: Dissolving the Trance
27 Sep 2019
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: A Healing, Relaxing Breath
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: A Healing, Relaxing Breath - This meditation guides us in collecting attention with an intentional long deep even breath, and awakening a ...
True Happiness: Realizing Well-Being
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
True Happiness: Realizing Well-Being - Well being is the deep contentment that arises from a relaxed, wakeful presence. This talk explores the beliefs...
Reflection: Pausing and Deepening Attention in the Face of Attachment
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Reflection: Pausing and Deepening Attention in the Face of Attachment - In this short reflection, we explore how we can bring mindfulness and self-com...
The Gift of Silence: Quieting the Mind
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Gift of Silence: Quieting the Mind - Through all spiritual traditions, there is a valuing of silence and stillness. When the mind has quieted, it ...
Meditation: Awakening the Heart – Giving and Receiving Loving Blessings
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awakening the Heart – Giving and Receiving Loving Blessings - Our hearts awaken as we express and receive love in an embodied, conscious...
Befriending Irene
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Befriending Irene - While Tara is away, this talk is from 2011 after Hurricane Irene hit us with fury. Dorian is now leaving its destruction behind, j...
Meditation: The Blessings of Love
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Blessings of Love - A blessing is whatever reminds us of the sacred loving presence that shines through all of us. This meditation is ...
Earth's Crisis: On the Edge of the Roof
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Earth's Crisis: On the Edge of the Roof - This talk was given in 2015, yet it is as timely as ever. It views the ecological dis-ease of our planet thr...
Meditation: Discovering Inner Space
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Discovering Inner Space - By imagining the space inside the body, we discover the continuous space of awareness that is the source and ess...
Good Othering - Helping Each Other Trust the Gold (2019-08-21)
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Good Othering - Helping Each Other Trust the Gold (2019-08-21) - One of the great gifts we can offer is being a mirror of goodness, reminding one anot...
Meditation: The Sea of Awareness (2019-08-21)
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Sea of Awareness (2019-08-21) - We begin this meditation with awakening to the aliveness in our body, using the imagery of a smile, an...
Meditation for Fertility (2019-08-19)
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation for Fertility (2019-08-19) - We can enhance our fertility by becoming more relaxed, open and welcoming of this ever creative life. We begin...
Part 2 - The Answer is Love: Evolving out of "Bad Other" (2019-08-14)
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 - The Answer is Love: Evolving out of "Bad Other" (2019-08-14) - These two talks address the inquiry: How do we awaken from the contempt and ha...
Meditation: Everything Belongs (2019-08-14)
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Everything Belongs (2019-08-14) - This guided meditation awakens an embodied presence through a body scan, and invites us to rest in the b...
Part 1 - The Answer is Love: Evolving out of "Bad Other" (2019-08-07)
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 - The Answer is Love: Evolving out of "Bad Other"(2019-08-07) - These two talks address the inquiry: How do we awaken from the contempt and hat...
Meditation: Cultivating a Kind Attention (2019-08-07)
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Cultivating a Kind Attention (2019-08-07) - Using the image and felt sense of a smile, we scan through the body, and awaken a sense of ali...
Longing to Belong: Bringing Presence through the Three Refuges
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Longing to Belong - Spiritual practice reveals our belonging through bringing presence to three gateways: the aliveness of the present moment, loving ...
Vipassana or Insight Meditation and Instruction: from Day 4 on Retreat
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Vipassana or Insight Meditation and Instruction: from Day 4 on Retreat (2019-05-07) - Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in brin...
The Path of Spiritual Surrender: Part 2 (2017-07-24)
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Path of Spiritual Surrender: Part 2 (2017-07-24) - Cultivating a surrendering presence allows us to release the identity of a small, separate self...
Meditation: Letting go (2019-07-24)
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Letting go (2019-07-24) - One way of understanding meditation is a letting go of the habitual clenching of thoughts, the clenching that re...
Desire: A Current of Homecoming
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Desire: A Current of Homecoming - Desire is intrinsic to our aliveness, yet when we have unmet needs, it can possess us. This talk explores how to rel...
Meditation: Vipassana – Opening Our Hearts to Life as It Is
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Vipassana – Opening Our Hearts to Life as It Is - This meditation awakens the senses with a mindful scanning of the body, establishes an...
The Path of Spiritual Surrender: Part 1 (2019-07-10)
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Path of Spiritual Surrender: Part 1 (2019-07-10) - Cultivating a surrendering presence allows us to release the identity of a small, separate self...
Meditation: Befriending Your Inner Life (2019-07-10)
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Befriending Your Inner Life (2019-07-10) - This meditation establishes a gentle and caring presence through bringing the image and felt se...
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 2
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us - Part 2 - The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the aspiration for manifesting our full potential, a t...
Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness - This meditation awakens a receptive attention to the senses, starting with physical sensations a...
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1 - The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the aspiration for manifesting our full potential, a...
Meditation: Awakening Our Full Aliveness
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awakening Our Full Aliveness - We cut off from our aliveness when we are lost in thoughts and on auto pilot. This meditation arouses a rec...
The Courage to Love - Part 2 (2019-06-19)
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Courage to Love - Part 2 (2019-06-19) - The gateway to full intimacy and love is our capacity to open to vulnerability. These two talks look at ou...
Meditation: Wakeful, Open Awareness (2019-06-19)
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Wakeful, Open Awareness (2019-06-19) - When we awaken our senses, we can sense in the background a wakeful openness that is our true home....
The Courage to Love - Part 1 (2019-06-12)
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Courage to Love - Part 1 (2019-06-12) - The gateway to full intimacy and love is our capacity to open to vulnerability. These two talks look at ou...
Meditation: Effortless and Wakeful Presence (2019-06-12)
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Effortless and Wakeful Presence (2019-06-12) - Striving in meditation only creates more tension in our psyche and a solidified sense of se...
An Appropriate Response: Living from an Awake Heart (2019-06-05)
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An Appropriate Response: Living from an Awake Heart (2019-06-05) - Much of our suffering comes from reacting to stressful situations with fear or aggr...
Meditation - Breath by Breath: Relaxing with Our Life (2019-06-05)
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation - Breath by Breath: Relaxing with Our Life (2019-06-05) - The breath can be a powerful portal to presence. This meditation guides us in rel...
Part 3 - Forgiveness: Releasing Ourselves and Others from Aversive Blame (2019-05-29)
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 3 - Forgiveness: Releasing Ourselves and Others from Aversive Blame (2019-05-29) - Rumi invites us to find the barriers we've erected against lov...
Meditation: Opening to Life (2019-05-29)
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Opening to Life (2019-05-29) - This guided meditation includes a mindful body scan, and awakening all our senses to our moment to moment e...
Trusting the Gold (retreat talk) (2019-05-08)
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Trusting the Gold (retreat talk) (2019-05-08) - This talk looks at how our upbringing and culture lead us to mistrust who we are and become identified...
Meditation: RAIN on Self-Blame (2019-04-17)
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: RAIN on Self-Blame (2019-04-17) - One of the greatest roots of suffering is being at war with ourselves. This meditation, based on the acr...
Compassion Towards All: Moving toward a Plant Based Diet (2019-05-15)
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Compassion Towards All: Moving toward a Plant Based Diet (2019-05-15) - For most of human history it's been "normal" to eat non-human animals. This is...
Meditation: Choosing Living Presence
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Choosing Living Presence - A meditation on being present with our living, breathing life (includes chanting the Om's in community – a fa...
Conscious Prayer – Finding Refuge in Loving Awareness (retreat talk)
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Conscious Prayer – Finding Refuge in Loving Awareness (retreat talk) - Prayer is a communing with our enlarged being. This talk examines less consci...
Meditation: Loving This Life – Happiness - a Metta Practice
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Loving This Life – Happiness - a Metta Practice - This meditation turns us toward naturally arising happiness with the image of a smile,...
Part 2 - Forgiveness: Releasing Ourselves and Others from Aversive Blame (2019-05-01)
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Forgiveness: Releasing Ourselves and Others from Aversive Blame – Part 2 (2019-05-01) - Rumi invites us to find the barriers we've erected against l...
Meditation: Being Here (2019-05-01)
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Being Here (2019-05-01) - This practice sets the atmosphere of loving presence with a smile-down and waking up all the senses. We relax in...
Equanimity: A Heart That is Ready for Anything
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Equanimity: A Heart That is Ready for Anything (a favorite from the 2014 archives) - Equanimity is the quality of presence that is open, balanced and ...
Meditation: Awakening Our Energy Body
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awakening Our Energy Body - This meditation scans the body and directly invites the awakening of key energy centers (chakras) in our body....
Part 1 - Forgiveness: Releasing Ourselves and Others from Aversive Blame (2019-04-17)
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 - Forgiveness: Releasing Ourselves and Others from Aversive Blame (2019-04-17) - Rumi invites us to find the barriers we've erected against lov...
Meditation: Sea of Loving Presence (2019-04-17)
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Sea of Loving Presence (2019-04-17) - In this meditation we begin with the image and felt sense of a smile to arouse an atmosphere of care...
Beyond the Controlling Self - Part 2 (2019-04-10)
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond the Controlling Self - Part 2 (2019-04-10) - It's natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control st...
Meditation: Letting Life Be (2019-04-10)
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Letting Life Be (2019-04-10) - This meditation establishes an atmosphere of loving kindness with the "smile"; relaxes and awakens through ...
Beyond the Controlling Self - Part 1 (2019-04-03)
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond the Controlling Self - Part 1 (2019-04-03) - It's natural that we do what we can to ward off danger and further ourselves. While our control st...
Meditation: Letting Go into Living Presence (2019-04-03)
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Letting Go into Living Presence (2019-04-03) - This guided meditation starts with a scan that invites relaxing and awakening through the b...
The Four Remembrances (2019-03-27)
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Four Remembrances (2019-03-27) - When we attune to the reality of impermanence and death, we remember what most matters to us. But in daily life w...
Meditation: Saying Yes to Reality (2019-03-27)
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Saying Yes to Reality (2019-03-27) - Our suffering comes from tensing and resisting the life that's here. This meditation guides us to rel...
Embodied Presence: Portal to the Sacred – Part 2 (2019-03-20)
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Embodied Presence: Portal to the Sacred – Part 2 - This two part series explores how we regularly leave our body and skim life's surface in a mental...
Meditation: Being Here (with OMs) (2019-03-20)
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Being Here (with OMs) (2019-03-20) - We miss many moments of this precious life drifting in a virtual thought world. This meditation helps...
Embodied Presence: Portal to the Sacred - Part 1 (2019-03-13)
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Embodied Presence: Portal to the Sacred - Part 1 (2019-03-13) - This two part series explores how we regularly leave our body and skim life's surface ...
Meditation: Entering Heartspace with the "Smile-Down" (2019-03-13)
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Entering Heartspace with the "Smile-Down" - The practice of visualizing and feeling a smile spreading through the body helps us access the...
Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart – Part 2 (2019-03-06)
09 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart – Part 2 (2019-03-06) - This series of talks offers guidance in transforming conflict into a portal for awaken...
Meditation: Relaxing with Life (2019-03-05)
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxing with Life (2019-03-05) - This meditation includes a mindful body scan and guidance in relaxing with the changing waves of experie...
Pt1 - Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart (2019-02-27)
02 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Navigating Conflict with a Wise Heart - Part 1 (2019-02-27) - This series of talks offers guidance in transforming conflict into a portal for awakenin...
Meditation: Resting in the Sea of Presence (2019-02-27)
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Resting in the Sea of Presence (2019-02-27) - This mindful body scan leads us into a practice of relaxing back into awareness, and recogni...
Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep (18 min.)
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep (18 min.) - Many of us struggle with anxiety, and spend hours in bed wishing we could turn off our m...
Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep (12 min.)
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep (12 min.) - Many of us struggle with anxiety, and spend hours in bed wishing we could turn off our m...
Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep (6 min.)
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Reducing Anxiety and Getting to Sleep (6 min.) - Many of us struggle with anxiety, and spend hours in bed wishing we could turn off our mi...
The Sacred Art of Listening
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Sacred Art of Listening - Just as presence is the heart of meditation, so deep listening is at the center of all conscious, loving relationships. ...
Meditation: Listening to Life
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Listening to Life - The attitude of meditation is one of engaged listening – a relaxed, receptive yet intimate attention. This meditatio...
Spiritual Reparenting
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Spiritual Reparenting (a favorite from the archives) - When we are not sufficiently nurtured in childhood, we are inclined toward anxiety, depression,...
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Living Presence
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Living Presence - When we are lost in thoughts our mind contracts, our body tightens and we disconnect from true openhe...
Living with Courageous Presence (2019-02-06)
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Living with Courageous Presence (2019-02-06) - The essence of courage is to willingly feel our vulnerability; this is what allows us to respond to lif...
Meditation: The Practice of RAIN (2019-02-06)
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: The Practice of RAIN (2019-02-06) - The acronym RAIN - Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture - guides us in bringing mindfulness and comp...
Earth's Crisis: On the Edge of the Roof (from the Archives)
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Earth's Crisis: On the Edge of the Roof (from the Archives) - NOTE: Due to the unusually windy and cold weather, we had to cancel class on January 30,...
Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind (a favorite from the archives) - We begin with a listening attention, relaxing open, letting sou...
Without Anxiety About Imperfection - featuring special guest, Haemin Sunim, with Tara Brach
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Without Anxiety About Imperfection - featuring special guest, Haemin Sunim, with Tara Brach (2019-01-23) - Internationally known Buddhist teacher and ...
Meditation: Living Loving Awareness
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Living Loving Awareness (2019-01-23) - By bringing our full attention to the aliveness in the body, we can open to the experience of inter...
Realizing Your Deepest Intention (2019-01-16)
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Realizing Your Deepest Intention (2019-01-16) - The Buddha taught that this whole life - including our thoughts, feelings and actions - arise from the...
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Awareness (2016-01-16)
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Awareness (2016-01-16) - When we fully inhabit our body, we discover the space and wakefulness of awareness itself. In ...
Finding True Refuge: Pathways of Remembering (2019-01-09)
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Finding True Refuge: Pathways of Remembering (2019-01-09) - This talk explores the three archetypal refuges of awareness (Buddha-nature), truth (Dharm...
Meditation: Letting Go…Letting Be (2019-01-09)
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Letting Go…Letting Be (2019-01-09) - This guided meditation invites us to imagine a clenched fist relaxing open, and explores this in re...
From Judgment to Self-Compassion (retreat talk) (2018-12-30)
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From Judgment to Self-Compassion (retreat talk) (2018-12-30) - When we've turned on ourselves with blame and aversion, it's very difficult to arouse s...
Meditation: Being the Ocean and Opening to the Waves (2018-12-31)
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Being the Ocean and Opening to the Waves (2018-12-31) (retreat) - We can't truly open to the waves of life unless we recognize our Oceanne...
Transforming Two Fears: FOF and FOMO
28 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Transforming Two Fears: FOF and FOMO - There are two common fears that can block us from our full potential – fear of failure (FOF), and fear of mis...
Meditation: Awakening the Heart - Giving and Receiving Loving Blessings
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awakening the Heart – Giving and Receiving Loving Blessings - Our hearts awaken as we express and receive love in an embodied, conscious...
A 2018 Winter Solstice Ceremony (2018-12-19)
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A 2018 Winter Solstice Ceremony (2018-12-19) - La Sarmiento and Alli Mosehauer perform dharma spoof songs for the 2018 IMCW Solstice Celebration, fol...
Three Core Capacities in Loving Fully (2018-12-19)
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Three Core Capacities in Loving Fully (2018-12-19) - This talk looks at three ways of awakening our hearts—seeing goodness, feeling appreciation as ...
Meditation: Arriving in Open Presence (2018-12-19) -
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Arriving in Open Presence (2018-12-19) - This meditation begins with a receptive opening to body sensations and sounds, and the invitation...
Part 2 - Healing Anxiety - How Meditation Frees Us (2018-12-12)
14 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 - Healing Anxiety - How Meditation Frees Us (2018-12-12) - Anxiety and the fear of failure is a pervasive suffering around the world. It is als...
Meditation: Aware and Alive (2018-12-12)
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Aware and Alive (2018-12-12) - Just as a cup is full with water, this body is filled with awareness. As we sense the awareness inside the ...
Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice - A key spiritual inquiry is, "In this moment, what most serves awakening?" Rather than a particula...
Vipassana or Insight Meditation and Instruction: A Path of Practice from Retreat
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Retreat Meditation and Instruction: Vipassana - Path of Practice (2018-10-07) - Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in bringing a...
Part 1 - Healing Anxiety - How Meditation Frees Us (2018-11-28)
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 - Healing Anxiety - How Meditation Frees Us (2018-11-28) - Anxiety and the fear of failure is a pervasive suffering around the world. It is als...
Meditation: Awareness, Aliveness and Space (2018-11-28)
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Awareness, Aliveness and Space (2018-11-28) - This guided meditation awakens our awareness within our body, extends to include sound, and ...
Authentic Thanks Giving (2018-11-21)
24 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Authentic Thanks Giving (2018-11-21) - How do we awaken our natural capacities for gratitude and generosity? This talk explores the pathways of honest...
Meditation: Yes to Life (2018-11-21)
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Meditation: Yes to Life (2018-11-21) - After relaxing our bodies and quieting our minds, this meditation guides us to open to the changing experience ...