Tara Brach

Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice – A key spiritual inquiry is, “In this moment, what most serves awakening?” Rather than a particular style of meditation practice, it is our way of relating to our experience – our attitude – that free…

Retreat Meditation and Instruction: Vipassana – Path of Practice (2018-10-07) – Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in bringing a clear mindful attention to our moment to moment experience. We begin by relaxing through the body and…

Part 1 – Healing Anxiety – How Meditation Frees Us (2018-11-28) – 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: Awareness, Aliveness and Space (2018-11-28) – This guided meditation awakens our awareness within our body, extends to include sound, and invites a resting as awareness that includes all passing waves of experience. Free download of Tara’s …

Authentic Thanks Giving (2018-11-21) – How do we awaken our natural capacities for gratitude and generosity? This talk explores the pathways of honest presence and purposeful cultivation, and offers several  reflections that guide us in contacting and …

Meditation: Yes to Life (2018-11-21) – After relaxing our bodies and quieting our minds, this meditation guides us to open to the changing experience of being alive. We ask ourselves two questions: “What is Happening Inside me?” and “Can I be with this…

Survival of the Nurtured – Our Path to Belonging (2018-11-14) – We flourish when nurtured with love and understanding. Yet for so many, the violence of our society and lack of attuned caretakers has severed trust and belonging. This talk explores how m…

Meditation: The Presence Beyond Thoughts (2018-11-14) – We spend many life moments in a trance of thinking. This meditation awakens the senses through a body scan, and attention to sound. We then rest in the presence that can come alive in the gap betw…

Part 2 – The Jewel in the Lotus: Cultivating Compassion (2018-11-07) – The compassion that arises from mindful awareness can heal our inner wounds, interpersonal conflict and the suffering in our world. These two talks focus on cultivating self-compass…

Meditation: Whole Body Breathing (2018-11-07) – This guided meditation includes a body scan and invites the receptivity and letting-go of whole body breathing. Once we have awakened the vitality and presence throughout the body, we have access to the f…