Tara Brach

Guided Heart Meditation: Releasing Blame (retreat) (2019-12-30) – Our self-protective habits of resentment and blame block intimacy and connection with ourself and others. This short talk and meditation are an invitation to deepen our understanding of …

Guided Heart Meditation: Releasing Blame (retreat) (2019-12-30) – Our self-protective habits of resentment and blame block intimacy and connection with ourself and others. This short talk and meditation are an invitation to deepen our understanding of …

Part 1: Embodied Presence – Planting our Roots in the Universe (2020-01-22) – In describing our human predicament and dis-ease, D.H. Lawrence says we are like a great tree with our roots in the air. We need to replant ourselves—in our bodies, hearts an…

Part 1: Embodied Presence – Planting our Roots in the Universe (2020-01-22) – In describing our human predicament and dis-ease, D.H. Lawrence says we are like a great tree with our roots in the air. We need to replant ourselves—in our bodies, hearts an…

Part 1: Embodied Presence – Planting our Roots in the Universe (2020-01-22) – In describing our human predicament and dis-ease, D.H. Lawrence says we are like a great tree with our roots in the air. We need to replant ourselves—in our bodies, hearts an…

Meditation: Portal to Sacred Presence – This meditation includes a full body scan, and then opens the senses to all experience, allowing life to be just as it is. Awakening to the life of our body reveals the mysterious formless presence that is our so…

Meditation: Portal to Sacred Presence – This meditation includes a full body scan, and then opens the senses to all experience, allowing life to be just as it is. Awakening to the life of our body reveals the mysterious formless presence that is our so…

Shifting From Limbic to Liberating Intention (2020-01-15) – Becoming conscious of our intentions is the first step to truly aligning our life with our heart. This talk explores identifying when we are being driven by grasping and fear, and ways we can …

Shifting From Limbic to Liberating Intention (2020-01-15) – Becoming conscious of our intentions is the first step to truly aligning our life with our heart. This talk explores identifying when we are being driven by grasping and fear, and ways we can …

Meditation: Coming Home with the Breath – This guided practice has a short period of relaxing the body, and establishes the breath as a home base for attention. We practice arriving again and again, deepening the pathway of homecoming. The meditation e…

Meditation: Coming Home with the Breath – This guided practice has a short period of relaxing the body, and establishes the breath as a home base for attention. We practice arriving again and again, deepening the pathway of homecoming. The meditation e…

The Three Refuges – Gateways to Belonging and Freedom (2020-01-08) – We all need ways to guide our attention that allow us to find wisdom, love and freedom in the midst of our lives. This talk reviews three archetypal gateways—Buddha/awareness, Dharma/…

Meditation: Relaxed and Awake – This guided meditation helps us find ease and wakefulness in our body and mind. With the breath as our home base, we offer a gentle and full attention to the changing waves. We close with a beautiful poem, “Walk Slowly,”…

The Power of Awake Awareness (retreat talk) (2019-12-28) – We all encounter “demons” of fear, anger, hurt, craving and shame. This talk explores our key ways of resisting difficult emotions, and how “when the resistance is gone, the demons are gone.” W…

The Power of Awake Awareness (retreat talk) (2019-12-28) – We all encounter “demons” of fear, anger, hurt, craving and shame. This talk explores our key ways of resisting difficult emotions, and how “when the resistance is gone, the demons are gone.” W…

Introductory Meditation Instructions – Guided Practice from Retreat – This guided session includes an overview of the primary components in meditation practices, and then guidance in awakening the senses, collecting the attention, and opening mindfully…

Introductory Meditation Instructions – Guided Practice from Retreat – This guided session includes an overview of the primary components in meditation practices, and then guidance in awakening the senses, collecting the attention, and opening mindfully…

This meditation explores the meaning of forgiveness and its role in healing and transformation. We then are guided in a forgiveness practice that helps us release the armoring of blame, and inhabit an inclusive and open heart (from the 2019 Fall IMCW 7…