Tara Brach

Eating Addiction: How Meditation Helps Free Us (2018-05-09) – Buddhist psychology views clinging as the source of suffering, and one of the great domains of clinging is compulsive overeating. For most of us the causes and conditions for compulsive over…

Meditation: Intimacy with Life (2018-05-09) – This guided meditation begins with a body scan, bringing the friendliness of a smile into the body, and waking up our awareness of aliveness. We widen the attention to include sound and then sense and rest …

Meditation: Intimacy with Life (2018-05-09) – This guided meditation begins with a body scan, bringing the friendliness of a smile into the body, and waking up our awareness of aliveness. We widen the attention to include sound and then sense and rest …

After the RAIN (retreat talk) (2018-04-29) – This talk offers an in-depth exploration of RAIN, applying the wings of mindfulness and compassion to painful domains of trance. We bring special attention to the fruit of RAIN, the realization of who we are…

Meditation: Morning on Retreat (2018-05-01) – In this guided meditation we include an overview of different components of mindfulness practice. The reflection includes a body scan, establishing a home base for attention, and care in how to arrive in fu…

Meditation: Morning on Retreat (2018-05-01) – In this guided meditation we include an overview of different components of mindfulness practice. The reflection includes a body scan, establishing a home base for attention, and care in how to arrive in fu…

Responding to Change with a Wise Heart (2018-04-25) – An intrinsic part of spiritual life is facing the truth of impermanence. When we open to the changing flow without resistance, we naturally cherish this passing life, and realize the timeless, chang…

Meditation: Cultivating a Clear and Relaxed Presence (2018-04-25) – This guided meditation begins with a calming breath to quiet the mind and relax the body. Following this, we establish our presence with an anchor – the breath, sound or sensation – an…

Listening with an Awake Heart – Part 2 (2018-04-18) – Deep listening – to our inner life, each other and our world – is an intrinsic expression of our awakened heart. Yet because we have strong conditioning to be caught in wants and fears, there is oft…

Meditation: Mind Like a Vast Sky (2018-04-18) – This meditation opens with listening and discovering the sky-like awareness that includes changing sounds, thoughts, feelings and sensations. The sounding of bells and chimes assists in connecting to and …

Listening with an Awake Heart – Part 1 (2018-04-11) – Deep listening – to our inner life, each other and our world – is an intrinsic expression of our awakened heart. Yet because we have strong conditioning to be caught in wants and fears, there is oft…

Meditation: A Listening, Receptive Awareness (2018-04-11) – The capacity to truly listen allows us to realize the vast and sensitive awareness that is our true essence. This meditation focuses on listening to sounds, and then listening to and feeling t…