Tara Brach

Meditation: Letting Go…Letting Be (2019-01-09) – This guided meditation invites us to imagine a clenched fist relaxing open, and explores this in releasing contractions in the body as well as the grip of thoughts. When we deeply let go and let be, our …

From Judgment to Self-Compassion (retreat talk) (2018-12-30) – When we’ve turned on ourselves with blame and aversion, it’s very difficult to arouse self-compassion. This talk looks at the role of nurturing in freeing our hearts, and offers practice in…

Meditation: Being the Ocean and Opening to the Waves (2018-12-31) (retreat) – We can’t truly open to the waves of life unless we recognize our Oceanness, the formless awareness that is our source. This meditation begins with awakening the senses and th…

Meditation: Being the Ocean and Opening to the Waves (2018-12-31) (retreat) – We can’t truly open to the waves of life unless we recognize our Oceanness, the formless awareness that is our source. This meditation begins with awakening the senses and th…

Transforming Two Fears: FOF and FOMO – There are two common fears that can block us from our full potential – fear of failure (FOF), and fear of missing out (FOMO). This talk explores how to meet these fears with mindful presence, and discover within t…

Transforming Two Fears: FOF and FOMO – There are two common fears that can block us from our full potential – fear of failure (FOF), and fear of missing out (FOMO). This talk explores how to meet these fears with mindful presence, and discover within t…

Meditation: Awakening the Heart – Giving and Receiving Loving Blessings – Our hearts awaken as we express and receive love in an embodied, conscious way. This guided practice brings our attention to dear ones in our life, and explores how we discover d…

A 2018 Winter Solstice Ceremony (2018-12-19) – La Sarmiento and Alli Mosehauer perform dharma spoof songs for the 2018 IMCW Solstice Celebration, followed by a candle light ceremony with Tara and the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW) co…

A 2018 Winter Solstice Ceremony (2018-12-19) – La Sarmiento and Alli Mosehauer perform dharma spoof songs for the 2018 IMCW Solstice Celebration, followed by a candle light ceremony with Tara and the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW) co…

Three Core Capacities in Loving Fully (2018-12-19) – This talk looks at three ways of awakening our hearts—seeing goodness, feeling appreciation as a bodily experience, and expressing our care. We are then guided in developing each of these capacities …

Meditation: Arriving in Open Presence (2018-12-19) – This meditation begins with a receptive opening to body sensations and sounds, and the invitation to rest in wakeful presence. We are reminded that each time we awaken from thoughts and arrive again …

Part 2 – Healing Anxiety – How Meditation Frees Us (2018-12-12) – Anxiety and the fear of failure is a pervasive suffering around the world. It is also increasing—along with the pace of life, over-consuming, addiction, noise, polarization and fears for…

Meditation: Aware and Alive (2018-12-12) – Just as a cup is full with water, this body is filled with awareness. As we sense the awareness inside the body, and the awareness that listens to sounds beyond the body, we discover the continuous space of aw…