Tara Brach

Meditation: Embracing Life with an Open Heart (2020-03-25) – In this short practice we connect with our aspiration to live from love, and then bring a caring presence to our own vulnerability, to a dear one, and to all beings everywhere. 

Sheltering in Love – Part 1 (2020-03-25) – During this time of pandemic, we need, more than ever, to feel our connectedness—true belonging with our own being, each other and all life. These talks explore the bodhisattva path – practices of an awakening…

Meditation: Touching Peace (2020-03-25) – This guided meditation offers a pathway to quieting our mind and calming anxiety. We begin with long deep breathing, and with the breath, engage the image of a smile and relax through the body. Then we practice…

Meditation: Touching Peace (2020-03-25) – This guided meditation offers a pathway to quieting our mind and calming anxiety. We begin with long deep breathing, and with the breath, engage the image of a smile and relax through the body. Then we practice…

Short Talk and Guided Meditation: Bringing RAIN to Fear (2020-03-18) – In this practice we explore how the mindfulness and compassion of RAIN can free us from the grip of fear. This is an excerpt from the full talk: Facing Pandemic Fears with an Awake …

Facing Pandemic Fears with an Awake Heart (2020-03-18) – While it’s natural to feel fear during times of great collective crisis, our challenge is that fear easily takes over our lives. This talk explores how the mindfulness and compassion of the RAIN …

Facing Pandemic Fears with an Awake Heart (2020-03-18) – While it’s natural to feel fear during times of great collective crisis, our challenge is that fear easily takes over our lives. This talk explores how the mindfulness and compassion of the RAIN …

Guided Meditation for Times of Pandemic: “Calling on Your Awakened Heart” (2020-03-18) – In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided meditation calls forth this loving presence by opening to the heart and spiri…

Meditation: Bring RAIN to the Wanting Mind – (2020-03-04) –  We begin the meditation by briefly scanning through the body and sensing awareness of being here. We scan our life and use the acronym RAIN to Recognize a feeling of wanting, Allow it to be t…

Meditation: Bring RAIN to the Wanting Mind – (2020-03-04) –  We begin the meditation by briefly scanning through the body and sensing awareness of being here. We scan our life and use the acronym RAIN to Recognize a feeling of wanting, Allow it to be t…

Guided Heart Meditation: Loving Kindness – Befriending our Lives – This meditation guides us in how to cultivate a deep quality of friendliness in relating to our inner life and each other. The gift of this practice is a direct sense of belonging – kno…

Guided Heart Meditation: Loving Kindness – Befriending our Lives – This meditation guides us in how to cultivate a deep quality of friendliness in relating to our inner life and each other. The gift of this practice is a direct sense of belonging – kno…

Desire and Addiction (Part 2 of 3): Voices of Longing Calling You Home (2020-03-11) – Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suffering when, due to unmet needs, it contracts, intensifies and separates us f…

Desire and Addiction (Part 2 of 3): Voices of Longing Calling You Home (2020-03-11) – Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suffering when, due to unmet needs, it contracts, intensifies and separates us f…

Desire and Addiction: Voices of Longing Calling You Home (2020-03-04) – Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suffering when, due to unmet needs, it contracts, intensifies and separates us from our full a…