Tara Brach

Meditation: Quieting the Mind (2017-01-04) – We open with a reading on silence, and then relax our bodies, calm our minds and rest in the inflow and outflow of the breath. This simple meditation on relaxing with the breath ends with a verse on the bles…

Don’t Know Mind – Thoughts, and more broadly, conceptual knowledge, cannot lead to the direct realization of truth, of reality. While thoughts are an essential part of surviving and thriving, spiritual awakening only becomes possible when we step out o…

Don’t Know Mind – Thoughts, and more broadly, conceptual knowledge, cannot lead to the direct realization of truth, of reality. While thoughts are an essential part of surviving and thriving, spiritual awakening only becomes possible when we step out o…

Meditation: A Listening Presence with Smile Body Scan (2016-11-10) – Listening to sounds is a powerful way to quiet the thinking mind and connect with the natural openness of awareness. This meditation emphasizes the anchor of listening, and guides us …

Meditation: A Listening Presence with Smile Body Scan (2016-11-10) – Listening to sounds is a powerful way to quiet the thinking mind and connect with the natural openness of awareness. This meditation emphasizes the anchor of listening, and guides us …

Question and Response: Heart Practices – (2016-11-05) – follow-up to the guided heart practice: Taking in the Goodness. Tara replies to questions from retreatants. ~ from the IMCW Fall retreat

Question and Response: Heart Practices – (2016-11-05) – follow-up to the guided heart practice: Taking in the Goodness. Tara replies to questions from retreatants. ~ from the IMCW Fall retreat

Heart Meditation with Instructions: Taking in the Goodness (2016-11-05) – previously published without lead-in instructions. ~ from the IMCW Fall retreat Rumi said, “Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of kindness.” T…

Heart Meditation with Instructions: Taking in the Goodness (2016-11-05) – previously published without lead-in instructions. ~ from the IMCW Fall retreat Rumi said, “Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of kindness.” T…

The Revolution of Tenderness – Part 2 (2016-12-21) – These two talks explore our capacity to be tender – sensitive and responsive to ourselves and others. This capacity marks a radical evolutionary shift from a self-centered existence shaped by fear, t…

Meditation: Breathing into Presence (2016-12-21) – The breath can be our gateway into the boundless awareness that holds all life. This meditation begins with a breath that calms our nervous system, and then invites a relaxed presence with the breath a…

The Revolution of Tenderness – Part 1 (2016-12-14) – These two talks explore our capacity to be tender – sensitive and responsive to ourselves and others. This capacity marks a radical evolutionary shift from a self-centered existence shaped by fear, t…

Meditation – Awake Awareness is our Home (2016-12-14) – This meditation guides us in awakening our awareness  by opening to all our senses and recognizing the alert presence that is always, already here. By relaxing back into the presence over and over…