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  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.

 

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#1450

Revolutionary Love: A Conversation with Tara Brach & Valarie Kaur

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 courage to bring our whole being into serving and savoring? And what is our vision for a new world?   In this fresh and profoundly relevant conversation, Tara Brach and Valarie Kaur explore the challenges and potential of these turbulent times. Valarie, a Sikh activist, filmmaker, civil rights lawyer, and author, shares insights from her powerful books, including See No Stranger and her recent works, World of Wonder and Sage Warrior. Together, Tara and Valarie reflect on: How Revolutionary Love can be a guide in times of division and despair. --- Valarie’s ancestral teachings on surviving apocalyptic times with courage. --- The role of joy, music, and community in building resilience and connection. ---Forgiveness, reconciliation, and transforming anger into meaningful action. ---Visioning a new world while staying rooted in hope, presence, and love.   Learn more about Valarie and the Revolutionary Love project at <a href= "https://revolutionarylove.org/">www.revolutionarylove.org</a> . ... Read more

Yesterday

58 MINS

58:08

Yesterday

#1449

Meditation: Breath by Breath – Inviting Relaxation and Ease

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 might be held in the body, and settle our attention in a receptive way with the breath. The intention is to discover the relaxed wakefulness that expresses our natural being. ... Read more

19 Dec 2024

16 MINS

16:36

19 Dec 2024

#1448

Part 2: A Heart that is Ready for Anything - The Gateway of Equanimity

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 calm, inner balance and a steady, wise heart. These two talks look at the conditioning that fuels our emotional reactivity, and the practices that cultivate equanimity, resilience and a full, openhearted presence. We dedicate to these practices for the sake of our own freedom, and the wellbeing of all beings. ... Read more

12 Dec 2024

48 MINS

48:44

12 Dec 2024

#1447

Guided Meditation: Opening to the Sea of Presence (19:53 min.)

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 senses and resting in the vastness and inherent freedom of our own natural awareness. ... Read more

12 Dec 2024

19 MINS

19:53

12 Dec 2024

#1446

A Heart that is Ready for Anything- The Gateway of Equanimity - Part I

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 calm, inner balance and a steady, wise heart. These two talks look at the conditioning that fuels our emotional reactivity, and the practices that cultivate equanimity, resilience and a full, openhearted presence. We dedicate to these practices for the sake of our own freedom, and the wellbeing of all beings. ... Read more

06 Dec 2024

45 MINS

45:02

06 Dec 2024

#1445

Meditation: Relaxing Back into Full Presence

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 moment. We then open into the natural awareness that includes the changing flow of sounds, feelings and sensations, and practice “relaxing back” when the mind gets lost in thought. ... Read more

06 Dec 2024

23 MINS

23:25

06 Dec 2024

#1444

Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationship

Gratitude arises when we are in sacred relationship with life—present, open and receptive. This talk explores how central gratitude is to our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and then looks at the ways we can directly gladden our minds with gratitude. We end with a guided meditation that includes sharings from the group. The audio includes a poem of blessing by John O’Donohue with a brief cut from Robert Gass – Om Namaha Shivaya (from the archives). ... Read more

28 Nov 2024

52 MINS

52:26

28 Nov 2024

#1443

Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (24:08 min.)

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 look for the source of loving and to turn in that direction. It begins with a lovingkindness practice that spreads the image of a smile into the body, then continues with a practice of seeing the goodness of ourselves and others. ... Read more

28 Nov 2024

24 MINS

24:08

28 Nov 2024

#1442

The Honesty Challenge - Getting More Truthful with Ourselves and Our World

Most of us value honesty yet are not aware of how regularly we avoid facing what’s difficult inside us, and how we are less than truthful with others. This talk explores the practice of radical self-honesty as the grounds of being more honest with others, and bringing more love and freedom to our lives.  ... Read more

21 Nov 2024

57 MINS

57:24

21 Nov 2024

#1441

Meditation: Vipassana - The Practice of Seeing Clearly (18:02 min.)

Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in bringing a clear, mindful attention to our moment-to-moment experience. We begin by relaxing through the body and then resting attention with the breath – or some other sensory anchor – and allowing the mind to settle. Then we open to whatever is predominant or calling our attention – sensations, emotions, sounds – meeting each arising experience with a clear, kind attention. The gift of this process is discovering balance in the midst of the changing flow, and gaining deep insight into the nature of reality. ... Read more

21 Nov 2024

18 MINS

18:02

21 Nov 2024

#1440

The Gift of Self-Compassion: A Conversation with Tara Brach & Kristin Neff, PhD

This conversation includes what turned Tara toward a path of compassion in her early life, the evolution of the RAIN practice to include nurturing/compassion, the spiritual dimensions of self-compassion, and the role of compassion in these current times.   This was initially recorded live for those in Kristin’s membership community and includes several question/responses. For more information about Kristin’s community, visit: <a href= "https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-community/?utm_source=newsletter+&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tara_Brach" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-community/?utm_source%3Dnewsletter%2B%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DTara_Brach&source=gmail&ust=1731658561436000&usg=AOvVaw3oHzu8I1o6E5Hzaxqt4jMa"> https://self-compassion.org/self-compassion-community/?utm_source=newsletter+&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tara_Brach</a> ... Read more

15 Nov 2024

54 MINS

54:01

15 Nov 2024

#1439

Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness (19:39 min.)

Love is often abstract, and not fully alive. In this practice, with the supportive image and felt sense of a smile, we are guided to awaken loving in our body, mind and whole being. ... Read more

14 Nov 2024

19 MINS

19:39

14 Nov 2024

#1438

Becoming Bodhisattvas in a Troubled World

Thich Nhat Hanh said “no mud, no lotus.”  How might anger, hatred and delusion—the mud of these times-- give rise to a growing compassion and wisdom in our world?  In this talk we look directly at the angst surrounding the US elections, and explore several powerful teachings and practices that can serve as the catalyst for profound transformation, an evolving of wisdom and love, in our collective consciousness. ... Read more

07 Nov 2024

51 MINS

51:38

07 Nov 2024

#1437

Guided Meditation: Remembering Your Spiritual Heart

During times of great collective stress, it’s common to get gripped by waves of anxiety and fear. This guided meditation, an adaptation of the Tibetan tonglen practice, helps us reconnect with our spiritual heart, the sea of love and light that can hold even the most painful waves in our lives. ... Read more

07 Nov 2024

16 MINS

16:52

07 Nov 2024

#1436

Cultivating a Courageous Heart - Part 2

In the face of violence, hatred and loss, how do we handle the reactivity we feel? Our own anger, hatred and fear? These two talks offer guidance and practice in letting our own vulnerability be a portal to responding—to ourselves, each other and our world-- with courageous, wise hearts. ... Read more

31 Oct 2024

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:14

31 Oct 2024

#1435

Meditation: Living Loving Awareness (20 min.)

By bringing our full attention to the aliveness in the body, we can open to the experience of interior space and the space that includes all sensations and sounds. This then allows us to perceive continuous space filled with the light of awareness. This meditation attunes us to these dimensions of awareness: continuous open space, heart space and full aliveness. We end with a Zen poem that invites us to rest in this living, loving awareness, and know it as home. ... Read more

31 Oct 2024

20 MINS

20:00

31 Oct 2024

#1434

Cultivating a Courageous Heart - Part 1

In the face of violence, hatred and loss, how do we handle the reactivity we feel? Our own anger, hatred and fear? These two talks offer guidance and practice in letting our own vulnerability be a portal to responding - to ourselves, each other and our world - with courageous, wise hearts. ... Read more

24 Oct 2024

48 MINS

48:28

24 Oct 2024

#1433

Meditation: Relaxing Back into Awareness (20:12 min.)

When we fully inhabit our body, we discover the space and wakefulness of awareness itself. In this meditation, we rest in this open awareness, and when the attention narrows into thoughts, we practice relaxing back into the openness that includes passing sounds, sensations and feelings. We close with a brief offering of lovingkindness to our own hearts and our world (with community OMs - no bell at end). ... Read more

24 Oct 2024

20 MINS

20:12

24 Oct 2024

#1432

Freedom Beyond the Trance of Self

The gift of meditation is awakening to the vast, radiant ever-creative beingness that is beyond the confines of a constricting self-sense. This talk explores how awake awareness can directly meet the clench of selfing - the thoughts, emotional tensions and core self-sense. When this occurs there’s a spontaneous releasing into the full love, wakefulness and aliveness of our being.  ... Read more

18 Oct 2024

58 MINS

58:16

18 Oct 2024

#1431

Meditation: Resting Your Heart in Presence (20:13 min.)

When we’re having difficulty, we typically tense up our body and mind, and armor our heart. This practice offers a pathway of relaxing that tension and tasting the peace that comes from resting in presence. ... Read more

17 Oct 2024

20 MINS

20:13

17 Oct 2024

#1430

Timeless Heart Wisdom for our Times – Tara Brach and Dan Harris

How do we meet the violence and suffering in our world with a quality of openheartedness and wisdom? In this interview, Dan and Tara look at the teachings from the Bodhisattva path (path of awakening beings), Tara’s early draw to this path, and the perspectives and practices that can help us all in responding to our world with as much clarity, equanimity and love as possible. Learn more about Dan Harris and subscribe to his new substack platform at https://www.danharris.com ... Read more

10 Oct 2024

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:30

10 Oct 2024

#1429

Guided Meditation: Disarming Our Hearts

Most of us know the suffering of feeling separate from others. In this guided meditation, we explore how we can re-open our hearts by intentionally bringing a caring mindful presence to our own vulnerability, and then extending that presence to include others. When inhabiting that presence, we are able to respond to relational conflict and distance with a growing creativity and love. ... Read more

10 Oct 2024

10 MINS

10:54

10 Oct 2024

#1428

Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care (15:34 min.)

This guided meditation helps us cultivate a friendly relationship with our experience. Using the image of a smile, we bring a gentle presence alive in our bodies, and then open to the heartspace that includes all facets of life. The meditation closes with a verse from poet, Dorothy Hunt, <a href= "https://www.dorothyhunt.org/peace-is-this-moment">“Peace is this Moment Without Judgment.”</a> ... Read more

03 Oct 2024

15 MINS

15:34

03 Oct 2024

#1427

The Courage to Say Yes - A Conversation with Tara and poet, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

I ran across acclaimed poet, Rosemerry Trommer, several years ago in a volume where she shares about the loss of her son, Finn, who took his life at age 16. I had never read anything on grieving that touched me so deeply, that held so much wisdom, such a deep affirmation of love. I went on to read her collection All the Honey, and now her new one, The Unfolding. These books are filled with Post-its: I didn’t realize how much I needed Rosemerry’s words to remind me of what most matters. In our interview we talk about the key themes in her poems: grief, love, opening to what’s difficult and what’s beautiful… saying yes to life. ... Read more

02 Oct 2024

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:24

02 Oct 2024

#1426

The Sacred Work of Bridging Divides - Teachings from Roshi Joan Halifax and Tara Brach

There is no more relevant exploration than how we awaken to our connection as family, as belonging to this precious web of life. In their talks, Tara and Roshi Joan look at the cause of divides and their healing through wise contemplation, courageous engagement and the power of imagination. Each lead short reflections that help us bring our own hearts and spirit into this sacred work. ... Read more

26 Sep 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:51

26 Sep 2024

#1425

Meditation: Resting in Knowing (20:43 min.)

Behind the activity of thinking, and the ever-changing flow of sounds, sensations and feelings, there is a great and awake silence that holds all that unfolds. This space of awareness is our formless essence, and learning to open and rest into this alert, knowing vastness has the blessings of homecoming. ... Read more

26 Sep 2024

20 MINS

20:43

26 Sep 2024

#1424

Waking up from Bias: A conversation with Tara and Anurag (Anu) Gupta

Given how our biases create separation and unfold into violence and suffering, this is a crucial domain for each of us to explore. In this interview, author and teacher Anurag Gupta offers his wise perspectives and invites Tara to share some of what she has learned in navigating this terrain. We explore how to come into a healing relationship with unhealthy thoughts; forgiving ourselves for bias (it’s impersonal); the inner freedom that arises from releasing bias and how to awaken compassion and deep respect for those we have habitually dehumanized. The interview closes with Tara leading a brief reflection on undoing bias. Anu’s recent book is: Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From - and the Science-backed Method to Unravel Them. You can pick up your copy here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760282/breaking-bias-by-anu-gupta/ or on Anu's website at: https://www.bemorewithanu.com. ... Read more

19 Sep 2024

55 MINS

55:16

19 Sep 2024

#1423

Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind (25:06 min.)

Collecting, unifying and opening the mind, we begin with a listening attention, noticing sounds that are here. Relaxing open and letting sounds wash through. With the same receptivity to sounds, listen to and feel the aliveness of the body. Listening to the breath as if you’re listening to the voice of a quiet loved one – really close in, tender attention – and including the background sounds. Not pushing away anything – a very open and relaxed, receptive attention. Sensing what’s actually happening in this moment – perhaps the sensations of the breath, the other sensations through the body, the play of light and dark in the eyes, sounds… Closing by sensing all in the foreground and in the background – that alert inner stillness, that light of awareness, that which is our deepest, formless nature. ... Read more

19 Sep 2024

25 MINS

25:06

19 Sep 2024

#1422

Inner and Outer Democracy: The Practice of True Inclusion

Happiness and freedom arise as we include all parts of our being in a loving awareness. In this talk we explore how this inner work of inclusion is the grounds of democracy, and how it enables us to participate in our relationships and society in a way that fosters communications, belonging and realization of the greater good.  ... Read more

12 Sep 2024

52 MINS

52:26

12 Sep 2024

#1421

Meditation: A Witnessing, Kind Presence

Starting with scanning through the body and awakening the senses, we then rest in presence, with the breath as a home base. The meditation invites an openness to whatever arises, and a gentle kind attention if we encounter physical or emotional pain. We end with a prayer that includes our own being and all beings. ... Read more

12 Sep 2024

19 MINS

19:53

12 Sep 2024