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 transcribedMeditation: A Practice of RAIN - The acronym RAIN – Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture – guides us in bringing mindfulness and compassion to diffi...
Realizing Your Deepest Desires - This talk differentiates between egoic intentions (driven by wants and fears), and our true aspiration (deepest desir...
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) - In this meditation, we relax and open our body and mind, and then explore an encounte...
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) - 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 and Kate Johnson - The often unseen cause of our difficulties in relationships is the societal structure...
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 - Mark is a spiritual teacher, wonderful poet, and author of many books including best selling "The Book of...
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 (Part 2) - One of the great gifts of mindful awareness is access to true contentment...
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) - One of the great gifts of mindful awareness is access to true contentment...
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 - In Buddhism and most faiths, humility – feeling that we all share common ground, feeling neither superior or inferior to others – is both a...
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 - Poet Mark Nepo uses the phrase "exquisite risk" to describe our willingness to be fully alive, open...
Writing and Haiku as Spiritual Practice (Tara Brach Interviews Natalie Goldberg) -
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 - While RAIN is regularly used for untangling suffering, it is also a powerful tool for deepening our acces...
