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: 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 (a favorite from the 2014 archives) - Equanimity is the quality of presence that is open, balanced and...
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) - Rumi invites us to find the barriers we've erected against lov...
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) - 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) - This meditation establishes an atmosphere of loving kindness with the "smile"; relaxes and awakens through...
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) - This guided meditation starts with a scan that invites relaxing and awakening through the b...
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) - 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 - This two part series explores how we regularly leave our body and skim life's surface in a mental t...
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) - This two part series explores how we regularly leave our body and skim life's surface...
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) - This series of talks offers guidance in transforming conflict into a portal for awakenin...
Meditation: Relaxing with Life (2019-03-05) - This meditation includes a mindful body scan and guidance in relaxing with the changing waves of experie...
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) - 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.) - Many of us struggle with anxiety, and spend hours in bed wishing we could turn off our m...
