Tara Brach podcast

Tara Brach

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.

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.

 

#1522

Presence and Compassion in a Violent World

As our societies unravel in fear and reactivity, we are called to live from our most awake... more

28 Aug 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:04

28 Aug 2025


#1521

Meditation: Resting in Knowing (22:11 min.)

Behind the activity of thinking, and the ever-changing flow of sounds, sensations and feel... more

28 Aug 2025

22 MINS

22:11

28 Aug 2025


#1520

From Head to Heart

If we are suffering, we are believing an interpretation of reality that is limiting and un... more

21 Aug 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:36

21 Aug 2025


#1519

Meditation: Opening to the Mystery (17:34 min)

This guided meditation includes a body scan and invites the receptivity and letting-go of ... more

21 Aug 2025

17 MINS

17:34

21 Aug 2025


#1518

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... more

14 Aug 2025

54 MINS

54:11

14 Aug 2025


#1517

Meditation: Entering Heartspace with the “Smile-Down” (18:40 min.)

The practice of visualizing and feeling a smile spreading through the body helps us access... more

14 Aug 2025

18 MINS

18:40

14 Aug 2025


#1516

Embodied Presence - Portal to the Sacred, Part 1

This two part series explores how we regularly leave our body and skim life’s surface in a... more

07 Aug 2025

51 MINS

51:48

07 Aug 2025


#1515

Meditation: Being Here (20:53 min.)

We miss many moments of this precious life drifting in a virtual thought world. This medit... more

07 Aug 2025

20 MINS

20:53

07 Aug 2025


#1514

Listening to the Song – Part 2

Listening is more than a communications skill, it is a capacity that awakens our awareness... more

31 Jul 2025

57 MINS

57:25

31 Jul 2025


#1513

Meditation: The Silence that is Listening (21:32 min.)

Listening to sound is opens up to the space of pure being. In this guided practice we begi... more

31 Jul 2025

21 MINS

21:32

31 Jul 2025


#1512

Listening to the Song – Part 1

Listening is more than a communications skill, it is a capacity that awakens our awareness... more

24 Jul 2025

58 MINS

58:08

24 Jul 2025


#1511

Meditation: The Sky-like Mind (20:29 min.)

This meditation begins with listening to sounds as a portal to spacious awareness. In addi... more

24 Jul 2025

20 MINS

20:29

24 Jul 2025


#1510

The Healing Power of Imagination: Transform Yourself and the World, Part 2

What if a key to personal and collective transformation lies in reclaiming our deep capaci... more

17 Jul 2025

55 MINS

55:07

17 Jul 2025


#1509

Meditation: Pathway to Inner Peace (20:41 min.)

“Peace is this moment without judgment,” writes poet Dorothy Hunt, “this moment in the hea... more

17 Jul 2025

20 MINS

20:41

17 Jul 2025


#1508

The Healing Power of Imagination: Transform Yourself and the World, Part 1

This two-talk series explore​s how spiritual imagination can awaken us to our deepest pote... more

10 Jul 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:18

10 Jul 2025


#1507

Meditation: Resting in Wakeful Presence (18:55 min.)

This meditation scans through the body – arriving in the foreground with sounds, feelings ... more

10 Jul 2025

18 MINS

18:55

10 Jul 2025


#1506

Namaste: Honoring the Light in All Beings

The ritual of Namaste – bowing to the sacred in ourselves and others – helps us live from ... more

03 Jul 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:36

03 Jul 2025


#1505

Meditation: From Head to Full Being

When we are lost inside thoughts we lose connection with our heart, aliveness and spirit. ... more

03 Jul 2025

18 MINS

18:55

03 Jul 2025


#1504

Stories That Imprison Our Heart - Part 2

Our suffering arises from fear-based stories that are often outside our awareness. These i... more

26 Jun 2025

55 MINS

55:51

26 Jun 2025


#1503

Meditation: Arriving in Embodied Presence (23:59 min)

This meditation guides you to arrive fully in embodied presence—awakening through the sens... more

26 Jun 2025

23 MINS

23:59

26 Jun 2025


#1502

Stories That Imprison Our Heart - Part 1

Our suffering arises from fear-based stories that are often outside our awareness. These i... more

19 Jun 2025

57 MINS

57:56

19 Jun 2025


#1501

Meditation: Homecoming to Our Life Breath (16:06 min.)

Perhaps the most universal place to collect and deepen attention is the breath.  This medi... more

19 Jun 2025

16 MINS

16:06

19 Jun 2025