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.

 

#1584

Compassion in Times of Conflict—a Conversation with Tara, Paul Gilbert, and Rick Hanson

In this talk, we explore how compassion can arise in the midst of conflict—within our live... more

16 Apr 2026

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:44

16 Apr 2026


#1583

Meditation: Widening Rings of Being (20:26 min.)

If we can recognize thoughts as thoughts, it becomes possible to open from virtual to livi... more

15 Apr 2026

20 MINS

20:26

15 Apr 2026


#1582

This Messy, Gorgeous Love—a Conversation with Tara and Devon and Nico Hase

Tara is joined by two longtime friends and wonderful teachers, Devon and Nico Hase, to exp... more

09 Apr 2026

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:10

09 Apr 2026


#1581

Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness (19:42 min.)

Love is often abstract, and not fully alive. In this practice, with the supportive image a... more

08 Apr 2026

19 MINS

19:42

08 Apr 2026


#1580

Your Awake Heart Is Calling You: Healing Separation and Returning to Loving Presence

In this talk, we'll explore the deep evolutionary and spiritual currents that shape our li... more

03 Apr 2026

56 MINS

56:09

03 Apr 2026


#1579

Meditation: Listening to our Heart (22:52 min)

In this guided meditation, we are invited into a gentle, receptive presence—listening not ... more

01 Apr 2026

22 MINS

22:52

01 Apr 2026


#1578

Love-Based Activism: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Mohsen Mahdawi - Part II

In this conversation, Tara is joined by Mohsen Mahdawi—Palestinian refugee, Buddhist pract... more

26 Mar 2026

52 MINS

52:56

26 Mar 2026


#1577

Meditation: A Witnessing, Kind Presence (20:21 min)

Starting with scanning through the body and awakening the senses, we then rest in presence... more

25 Mar 2026

20 MINS

20:21

25 Mar 2026


#1576

Love-Based Activism: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Mohsen Mahdawi - Part I

In this conversation, Tara is joined by Mohsen Mahdawi—Palestinian refugee, Buddhist pract... more

19 Mar 2026

33 MINS

33:47

19 Mar 2026


#1575

Meditation: The Pathway of Deep Listening (21:16 min)

Listening is an ideal template for awareness itself - it is naturally receptive, open and ... more

18 Mar 2026

21 MINS

21:16

18 Mar 2026


#1574

The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 2

How can the simple act of asking a sincere question awaken us from the trance of our habit... more

12 Mar 2026

57 MINS

57:45

12 Mar 2026


#1573

Meditation: Embodied Awareness (18 min.)

This guided meditation includes a full body scan, and the recognition of the formless awar... more

11 Mar 2026

18 MINS

18:02

11 Mar 2026


#1572

The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 1

Part I - In spiritual life, inquiry arises from our deep yearning to understand reality, a... more

05 Mar 2026

56 MINS

56:26

05 Mar 2026


#1571

Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness (21:49)

This meditation begins with collecting attention with the breath, and awakens us to the ex... more

04 Mar 2026

21 MINS

21:49

04 Mar 2026


#1570

Fear as a Pathway to Loving Presence - Night Travelers

Shifting our relationship with fear is central to the evolution of consciousness. Our suff... more

26 Feb 2026

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:06

26 Feb 2026


#1569

Meditation: Know That You're Here (19:38 min)

We spend many moments in a trance, time traveling to the past and future, lost in a virtua... more

25 Feb 2026

19 MINS

19:38

25 Feb 2026


#1568

The Bodhisattva Path—Nurturing the River of Caring

As humans face the darkness of fear, violence, and division, something else is also stirri... more

19 Feb 2026

51 MINS

51:21

19 Feb 2026


#1567

Meditation: Vipassana – Opening Our Hearts to Life as It Is (20 min.)

This meditation awakens the senses with a mindful scanning of the body, establishes an anc... more

18 Feb 2026

20 MINS

20:14

18 Feb 2026


#1566

Letting go of Controlling: The Path of Freedom, Part 2

While it's natural to try to control our life experience, our chronic controlling cuts us ... more

12 Feb 2026

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:39

12 Feb 2026


#1565

Meditation: A Welcoming Heartspace (18:27 min)

In this guided meditation, we explore how true peace and happiness arise not from controll... more

12 Feb 2026

18 MINS

18:27

12 Feb 2026


#1564

Letting go of Controlling: The Path of Freedom, Part 1

While it's natural to try to control our life experience, our chronic controlling cuts us ... more

05 Feb 2026

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:27

05 Feb 2026


#1563

Meditation: Relaxed and Alert (20:43 min.)

This meditation begins with a period of relaxing and collecting our attention with intenti... more

04 Feb 2026

20 MINS

20:43

04 Feb 2026


#1562

3 Degrees Friendlier: Small Shifts That Transform Everything

What might change if you were three degrees friendlier than you are now? Not more accommod... more

29 Jan 2026

52 MINS

52:09

29 Jan 2026


#1561

Meditation: Befriending Your Inner Life (18:33 min.)

This meditation establishes a gentle and caring presence through bringing the image and fe... more

28 Jan 2026

18 MINS

18:33

28 Jan 2026