Tara Brach

(retreat talk) Namaste – Seeing the Sacred that Lives through All Beings (2015-04-23) – The trance of separation is part of our evolutionary heritage, but not the end of the story. This talk explores how several key trainings of the heart can evolve an…

(retreat talk) Namaste – Seeing the Sacred that Lives through All Beings (2015-04-23) – The trance of separation is part of our evolutionary heritage, but not the end of the story. This talk explores how several key trainings of the heart can evolve an…

Meditation: Forgiving Ourselves and Others (2015-04-19) – a guided heart practice from the 2015 IMCW Spring Retreat

Meditation: Forgiving Ourselves and Others (2015-04-19) – a guided heart practice from the 2015 IMCW Spring Retreat

2012-03-28 – Attend and Befriend: Healing the Fear Body – Our fear management strategies–versions of fight/flight– contract our body and mind, and separate us from others. As we learn to pause and contact the bodily fear with a gentle, mindful awaren…

2015-04-29 – Investigating Reality – Beyond an Interpreted World – The skillful use of inquiry – asking questions in a way that energizes and focuses our attention – brings what is hidden into the light of awareness.  This talk explores the healing tha…

2015-04-29 – Investigating Reality – Beyond an Interpreted World – The skillful use of inquiry – asking questions in a way that energizes and focuses our attention – brings what is hidden into the light of awareness.  This talk explores the healing tha…

2015-04-20 – Meditation: Vipassana witih Instruction – Morning guided meditation and instruction from the 2015 IMCW Spring Retreat

2015-04-20 – Retreat Talk – Loving Yourself into Freedom – The most basic truths we forget, and one is this: if we don’t love ourselves, we can’t love life.  In the most basic way, attending to and embracing our inner life reveals the nature of reality…

2015-04-22 – Meditation – Letting Life Be, Just As It Is – from morning instructions at the IMCW 2015 Spring Retreat

2015-04-22 – Meditation – Letting Life Be, Just As It Is – from morning instructions at the IMCW 2015 Spring Retreat

2015-04-15 – True Happiness – Realizing Well Being – Well being is the deep contentment that arises from a relaxed, wakeful presence. This talk explores the beliefs and habits that contract us away form presence, and several key ways we can nourish our…

2015-04-15 – Meditation: Relaxing, Smiling, Being Here

2015-04-15 – Meditation: Relaxing, Smiling, Being Here

2015-04-08 – Three Liberating Gifts: Part 3 – Looking in the Mirror – This 3 part series is based on a teaching story from the Upanishads that shows our potential to awaken from an ego-based trance and discover the full luminosity and freedom of our na…