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.

 

#1000

Part 2: Healing Depression with Meditation

Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression... more

16 Oct 2025

57 MINS

57:50

16 Oct 2025


#999

Meditation: The Heartspace That is Home (21:49 min)

No matter how far you’ve wandered, this heartspace – this awake tender awareness – is only... more

16 Oct 2025

21 MINS

21:46

16 Oct 2025


#998

Part 1: Healing Depression with Meditation

Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression... more

09 Oct 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:24

09 Oct 2025


#997

Meditation: Calling on Your Awakened Heart (23:52 min.)

In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided medi... more

08 Oct 2025

23 MINS

23:52

08 Oct 2025


#996

Trusting the Path: A Conversation on Refuge & Compassion | Tara Brach, Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho

In this rich and heartful conversation, I join two dear Buddhist monks — Ajahn Kovilo and ... more

02 Oct 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:28

02 Oct 2025


#995

Meditation: Awakening Our Energy Body (22:19 min)

This meditation scans the body and directly invites the awakening of key energy centers (c... more

01 Oct 2025

22 MINS

22:19

01 Oct 2025


#994

Awakening Trust in a Fractured World, Part 2

In an age of polarization, conspiracy thinking, and deepening mistrust, how can we cultiva... more

25 Sep 2025

55 MINS

55:25

25 Sep 2025


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Meditation: Receiving This Life in Awareness (22:37 min)

In our everyday life we are conditioned to feel that life is happening to us, or that we a... more

24 Sep 2025

22 MINS

22:37

24 Sep 2025


#992

Desire and Addiction: Voices of Longing Calling You Home, Part 2

Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suff... more

18 Sep 2025

45 MINS

45:09

18 Sep 2025


#991

Meditation: In the Body (20:29 min.)

This guided meditation invites you to gently come home to the aliveness of the body. Throu... more

17 Sep 2025

20 MINS

20:29

17 Sep 2025


#990

Desire and Addiction: Voices of Longing Calling You Home, Part 1

Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suff... more

12 Sep 2025

53 MINS

53:47

12 Sep 2025


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Meditation: The Blessings of Yes (20:10 min.)

When our hearts open to the life that is here, just as it is, we discover vast loving pres... more

11 Sep 2025

20 MINS

20:10

11 Sep 2025


#988

Awakening Trust in a Fractured World, Part 1

In an age of polarization, conspiracy thinking, and deepening mistrust, how can we cultiva... more

05 Sep 2025

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:40

05 Sep 2025


#987

Meditation: A Relaxed, Open Presence (12:30 min.)

This brief practice calls on conscious breathing, relaxing, letting go and a touch of lovi... more

04 Sep 2025

12 MINS

12:30

04 Sep 2025


#986

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


#985

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


#984

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


#983

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


#982

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


#981

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