Meditation – Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go (2017-03-15) – This meditation guides us through a body scan and into a relaxed, open presence. When we realize we are lost in a thought cloud, our practice is to relax open, listening to and feeling the …
My Life Story (in an interview)
Episode 296 – I stole this audio from my friend Jon Vroman. In this episode, you will hear Jon interviewing me on my life story for his podcast. It is definitely the most in detailed that I have been on my life story in an episode. If you want…
Happiness is Possible: De-conditioning the Negativity Bias – Part 2 (2017-06-07)
Happiness is Possible: De-conditioning the Negativity Bias – Part 2 – There is an inner freedom that expresses as happiness and peace, and it is accessible when we arrive in openhearted presence. As the Buddha said, “If it were not possible to find lib…
Meditation: Home to Awake Awareness (2017-06-07)
Meditation: Home to Awake Awareness – This guided practice establishes a kind, friendly attention with the image and felt sense of a smile, and evokes an embodied presence. We open to the awake awareness that is listening to and feeling the changing so…
Happiness is Possible: De-conditioning the Negativity Bias – Part 1 (2017-05-31)
Happiness is Possible: De-conditioning the Negativity Bias – Part 1 – There is an inner freedom that expresses as happiness and peace, and it is accessible when we arrive in openhearted presence. As the Buddha said, “If it were not possible to find lib…
Radical-Compassion – Part 2 (2017-05-10)
Radical-Compassion – Part 2 (2017-05-10) – Compassion is the medicine we most need as individuals and a species to heal suffering and free our spirits. The essence of compassion for ourselves and others – what I call Radical Compassion – has three key …
Radical Compassion – Part 1 (retreat talk) (2017-04-30)
Radical Compassion – Part 1 (retreat talk) (2017-04-30) – Compassion is the medicine we most need as individuals and a species to heal suffering and free our spirits. The essence of compassion for ourselves and others – what I call Radical Compassion -…
Meditation: The Center of Now (2017-04-26)
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…
Meditation: The Center of Now (2017-04-26)
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…
Are You Addicted to Thinking?
Episode 263 – You are not your thoughts… but are you addicted to overthinking? Are you allowing overthinking to hold you back from the life that you want? Listen in to this episode to learn how to break free from your thoughts and live in th…
Meditation: The Heartspace That is Home
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…
Meditation: Awakening through the Inner Body (2017-04-05)
Meditation: Awakening through the Inner Body (2017-04-05) – When we attune to the inner body, we discover a field of energy and aliveness that is the portal to pure presence. This meditation guides our attention to the inner body, opens to the play of …
Meditation: Loving Presence – with smile body scan (2017-03-29)
Meditation: Loving Presence – with smile body scan (2017-03-29) – This guided meditation helps cultivate the heartspace that can hold our life with tenderness and grace. We begin by using the image and felt sense of a smile in a body scan, and then ope…
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Full Presence (2017-03-22)
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Full Presence (2017-03-22) – This guided practice begins with a conscious breath that relaxes the body and mind, and then a body scan to awaken to the aliveness of the present moment. We then open into the natural awarene…
Meditation: Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go (2017-03-15)
Meditation – Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go (2017-03-15) – This meditation guides us through a body scan and into a relaxed, open presence. When we realize we are lost in a thought cloud, our practice is to relax open, listening to and feeling the …
Meditation – Getting Lost and Coming Back Here (2017-03-08)
Meditation: Getting Lost and Coming Back Here (2017-03-08) – This meditation establishes a sense of presence, of being Here, through a body scan and awakening the senses. We then notice when we’re lost and relax back into the wakeful stillness – the He…
Meditation: A Sky-Like Mind (2017-03-01)
Meditation: A Sky-Like Mind (2017-03-01) – This meditation begins with listening to sounds as a portal to spacious awareness. In addition to guiding attention to naturally occurring sounds, Tara plays chimes and gongs to deepen the experience of recept…
Live Limitless
Episode 230 – The only reason why someone is not where they want to be is because of the limits they place on themselves. Listen to this episode to learn how to break free from your limiting beliefs.
Love, and Death – Retreat Talk (2016-12-29)
Love, and Death – Retreat Talk (2016-12-29) – To live our lives fully, we need to embrace the natural unfolding of birthing and dying. Yet we are deeply conditioned to resist loss, to pull away from fear and grief. Through a powerful Inuit story shared…
How to Break Out of The Rat Race
Episode 226 – Listen in on this episode as I explain the rat race and how you can free yourself from it!
Meditation – The Return to Presence: Rest Your Mind In What Is (2017-01-25)
Meditation – The Return to Presence: Rest Your Mind In What Is (2017-01-25) – It’s natural that our attention wanders, and the more we relax back, the more that becomes our habit…returning to presence. This meditation opens with conscious breathing and…