Tara Brach

Meditation: Breathing Our Way to Peace and Freedom (2017-05-10) – This meditation guides us in collecting attention with an intentional long deep breath, and awakening a full relaxed presence as the breath resumes in its natural rhythm. Resting fully i…

Relaxing the Over-Controller – Part 2 (2017-05-03) (retreat talk) – We all have conditioning to do what we can to protect and promote our wellbeing. Our suffering arises to the degree that our life and identity become organized around controlling our e…

Meditation: Know That You’re Here, Right Here (2017-04-29) – Given the first morning of the 2017 IMCW Spring Retreat, this meditation guides you through a body scan, opens to sounds, then expands to the body as a field of sensation. With no closing bel…

Meditation: Know That You’re Here, Right Here (2017-04-29) – Given the first morning of the 2017 IMCW Spring Retreat, this meditation guides you through a body scan, opens to sounds, then expands to the body as a field of sensation. With no closing bel…

Relaxing the Over-Controller  – Part 1 (2017-04-26) – We all have conditioning to do what we can to protect and promote our wellbeing. Our suffering arises to the degree that our life and identity become organized around controlling our experience. The…

Meditation: The Center of Now (2017-04-26) – This meditation awakens our senses and then guides us to rest in the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, we are invited to relax back into full living presence, into that Beingness that is the…

Ask the Friend for Love – Prayer, when cultivated consciously, energizes and guides us on the spiritual path. This talk investigates the difference between wanting, with its narrow fixation, and the prayer that arises out of our deep heart’s longing. W…

Meditation: The Heartspace That is Home – “No matter how far you’ve wandered, this heartspace – this awake tender awareness – is only a half-breath of remembrance away.” This meditation awakens attention to the space of awareness. It is a favorite from…

Sure Heart’s Release – (a favorite from 2015) – The pathway to our awakened heart includes deep recognition of our barriers to love, and as we open, the courage to express our love. This talk includes a reflection and practice that can support us in in…

Guided Heart Meditation: Loving Presence – This meditation introduces the loving-kindness (metta) heart practice. After brief instruction, it begins with scanning the body, filling it gradually with the image of a smile. The meditation continues with a…