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 this two-part series, we reflect on the power of devotion as a gateway to awakening that reconnects us with what we love most deeply. Together, we'...
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...
Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and...
This guided meditation, grounded in the practice of Metta, invites us to awaken the heart by softening the body and quieting the mind. We begin with...
Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and...
Taking in the Goodness: Rumi said, "Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of kindness." This meditation guides us to...
Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound t...
This meditation begins with a body scan, and then we practice opening to and relaxing with our changing experience. The sitting closes with a beautifu...
Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound t...
This meditation establishes a kind attention by bringing the imagery and felt sense of a smile into the body scan and then, with the breath as a home...
Many agree that this is the most unpredictable and dangerous time we've ever lived through. How do we hold what is unfolding, and respond with courage...
In daily life we often leave ourselves, get lost in thoughts, and cut off from a direct, openhearted experience of our life. This meditation reconnect...
Part 4: Equanimity - unfolds as we find a wise balance and spaciousness in the midst of this living, dying world. This series reflects on four prim...
We arrive in presence by deepening attention in the body; relaxing and awakening through a body scan. That presence deepens as we bring our attention...
Joy blossoms in the moments our hearts open boundlessly to reality, to the 10,000 joys and sorrows. This series reflects on four primary expressions o...
This meditation scans through the body, and awakens attention to the open, inclusive awareness that all life arises in. We then explore experiencing t...
Compassion – the tender resonance of heart – awakens as we allow ourselves to be touched by our shared vulnerability. This series reflects on four pri...
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...
Discover the essence of lovingkindness in this first talk of Tara Brach's series, "Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love." This series delv...
This meditation guides us to awaken to our senses through scanning through the body and then listening to sounds. When distracted by thoughts we relax...
