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 transcribedMany recognize that love is the antidote to the suffering in our divided world, yet finding the path to an open heart can feel more challenging than e...
Lovingkindness becomes full when it is energetically experienced in our bodies. This meditation guides us in awakening the receptivity, warmth and ope...
While meditation is widely practiced in today's world, many miss the opportunity to tap into its profound potential to awaken the heart and mind. Beyo...
This guided meditation practice brings attention to the continuous space within and around the body, and the aliveness of sound, sensation and feeling...
Drawn from Tara's book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens th...
Our habit is to try to manage our experience from a mental control tower. This meditation awakens us through the body, and then invites us to rest in...
Drawn from Tara's book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens th...
In this guided meditation we begin with a body scan, and rest in awareness with our senses awake. The key practice is to recognize when the mind immer...
Drawn from Tara's book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens th...
This meditation calls on the image and felt sense of a smile as we scan through the body, and invites a receptive and caring presence, as we open our...
We all need ways to guide our attention that allow us to find wisdom, love and freedom in the midst of our lives. This talk reviews three archetypal g...
This guided meditation helps us find ease and wakefulness in our body and mind. With the breath as our home base, we offer a gentle and full attention...
Our habitual ways of avoiding pain keep us from experiencing intimacy with our inner life and with each other. This short talk and guided meditation o...
When we are suffering, we are believing something untrue - usually a limiting story about who we are. This talk explores the roots of our self-doubts,...
In a divided, reactive, and violent world, how do we embrace love and joy? How do we genuinely include our opponents in our hearts? What gives us the...
This meditation invites relaxation and ease. We begin with a long deep breathing that helps calm the body and mind. Then we release tensions that migh...
In a world where the pace and magnitude of change is beyond anything ever experienced by humans, we are being called to cultivate the qualities of cal...
When our body and mind is relaxed, we become filled with a very awake, dynamic quality of presence. This meditation guides us in relaxing, opening our...
In a world where the pace and magnitude of change is beyond anything ever experienced by humans, we are being called to cultivate the qualities of cal...
This guided practice begins with a conscious breath that relaxes the body and mind, and then a body scan to awaken to the aliveness of the present mom...
