Tara Brach, Ph.D is an internationally known meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge. Tara shares a weekly guided meditation and talk that blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices. The podcast addresses the value of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion in relieving emotional suffering, serving spiritual awakening and bringing healing to our world.
1471 episodes transcribedIn describing our human predicament and dis-ease, D.H. Lawrence says we are like a great tree with our roots in the air. We need to replant ourselves—...
This meditation includes a full body scan, and then opens the senses to all experience, allowing life to be just as it is. Awakening to the life of ou...
The focus of this conversation is on our relationships with dogs, and more broadly, all beings. We look at what Thich Nhat Hanh called interbeing, and...
Martin Luther King's term, "Beloved Community," points to our potential for living together with love, justice and respect. This talk explores the oft...
The pathway to presence does not involve efforts or striving. As you will find in this simple, gentle meditation, a vibrant and healing presence is po...
This guided practice helps us come into our senses through a body scan. We then rest in the awareness that is listening to and feeling the changing fl...
If we realized how profoundly our chronic judgment creates separation and blocks the flow of love, we'd dedicate more deeply to disarming our hearts....
As we relax and awaken through our physical body, we discover the formless dimension of awareness or spirit that permeates all of life. This meditatio...
This 3- part series explores three capacities we all have, that when cultivated, bring spiritual awakening and serve the healing of our world. Drawing...
The attitude of meditation is one of engaged listening – a relaxed, receptive yet intimate attention. This meditation explores how we can listen to so...
This 3- part series explores three capacities we all have, that when cultivated, bring spiritual awakening and serve the healing of our world. Drawing...
Only in silence and presence do we realign with what matters to our hearts. This simple practice of arriving in an embodied awareness supports us in t...
This 3-part series explores three capacities we all have, that when cultivated, bring spiritual awakening and serve the healing of our world. Drawing...
The pathway to experiencing full aliveness and openheartedness is by awakening awareness throughout the body. This meditation begins by establishing a...
The pace of change is speeding up and much of the news we receive is alarming. More than ever, we need the inner reflections and meditations that help...
When we learn to listen to our inner life without interference, we open to a tender and full experience of presence. This meditation guides us in awak...
We have strong conditioning to identify as a separate self, and to feel all the fears and attachments that arise from not realizing our true belonging...
This practice brings attention to the continuous space within and around the body, and the aliveness of sound, sensation and feeling that lives throug...
Many are familiar with the Dali Lama's words "My religion is kindness." In this conversation you will sense the gritty and real way that we struggling...
