Tara Brach

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…

Trusting Who We Are (retreat talk) – When we are suffering, we are believing something untrue – usually a limiting story about who we are. This talk explores the roots of our self-doubts, and the teachings and practices that remind us of our basic good…

Trusting Who We Are (retreat talk) – When we are suffering, we are believing something untrue – usually a limiting story about who we are. This talk explores the roots of our self-doubts, and the teachings and practices that remind us of our basic good…

Short Talk and Guided Heart Meditation – Loving Kindness – Befriending our Lives (2019-11-02) – This short talk and meditation introduces the domain of “heart practices” and then guides us in how to cultivate a deep quality of friendliness in relating …

Short Talk and Guided Heart Meditation – Loving Kindness – Befriending our Lives (2019-11-02) – This short talk and meditation introduces the domain of “heart practices” and then guides us in how to cultivate a deep quality of friendliness in relating …

Radical Compassion – Part 3 – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing (2019-12-18) – Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active,…

Radical Compassion – Part 3 – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing (2019-12-18) – Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active,…

A Brief Meditation: Gathering and Arriving in Presence (2019-12-18) – A brief meditation to gather the attention, loosen and soften the body, sense your intention for being here, and to feel the quality of presence of an awakening heart.

A Brief Meditation: Gathering and Arriving in Presence (2019-12-18) – A brief meditation to gather the attention, loosen and soften the body, sense your intention for being here, and to feel the quality of presence of an awakening heart.

Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Parts 1, 2, 3 – Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embod…

Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Parts 1, 2, 3 – Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embod…

Meditation: Surrender into Living Presence – In this guided meditation we begin with a body scan, and rest in awareness with our senses awake. The key practice is to recognize when the mind immerses in virtual reality, reawaken our senses, and surrende…

Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Parts 1, 2, 3 – Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embod…

Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Parts 1, 2, 3 – Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embod…

Meditation: Cultivating a Gentle, Kind Attention – This meditation calls on the image and felt sense of a smile as we scan through the body, and invites a receptive and caring presence, as we open our attention to the changing flow of life.  Join Tara’…

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 w…

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 w…