Tara Brach

2014-04-02 – Stress and Our Evolving Consciousness – The universal experience of stress (in Buddhism, called dukkha) is a message that we are not realizing, trusting and living from our true nature. Our habitual reactions to stress – grasping, aversion…

2014-04-02 – Guided Meditation: Connecting with Aliveness and Openness

2014-04-02 – Guided Meditation: Connecting with Aliveness and Openness

2014-03-26 – Planting Ourselves in the Universe – When we are lost in the trance of thinking, we disconnect from the aliveness, awareness and love that is our source. Mindfulness, a key capacity of our evolving consciousness, awakens us from an identif…

2014-03-26 – Guided Meditation: Relaxing into Presence

2014-03-26 – Guided Meditation: Relaxing into Presence

2014-03-19 – Return of the Prodigal Son – Drawing on Henri Nouwen’s book that interprets this famous parable, this talk looks at the ways we cut off from loving awareness, and the process of homecoming. Our inquiry, reflections and a guided meditation …

2014-03-19 – Guided Meditation: Letting Life Live Through You

2014-03-19 – Guided Meditation: Letting Life Live Through You

2014-03-12 – Part 5 – Equanimity – A Heart that is Ready for Anything – Equanimity is the quality of presence that is open, balanced and non-reactive. As this talk explores, when equanimity is lacking, we become easily lost in trance, identified as a d…

2014-03-12 – Guided Meditation: Cultivating a Relaxed Attentiveness

2014-03-12 – Guided Meditation: Cultivating a Relaxed Attentiveness

2014-03-05 – Part 4 – Opening to Joy – Our innate capacity for joy is blocked by our habitual ways of paying attention. This talk explores three key pathways of presence that connect us with our full openness and aliveness.

2014-03-05 – Part 4 – Opening to Joy – Our innate capacity for joy is blocked by our habitual ways of paying attention. This talk explores three key pathways of presence that connect us with our full openness and aliveness.

2014-03-05 – Guided Meditation: Dynamic Presence

2014-03-05 – Guided Meditation: Dynamic Presence

2014-02-26-Guided Forgiveness Meditation – a short cut from the end of the “A Forgiving Heart” talk