Meditation: A Witnessing, Kind Presence (2017-01-18) – Starting with scanning through the body and awakening the senses, we then rest in presence, with the breath as a home base. The meditation invites an openness to whatever arises, and a gentle kind …
Meditation: A Witnessing, Kind Presence (2017-01-18)
Meditation: A Witnessing, Kind Presence (2017-01-18) – Starting with scanning through the body and awakening the senses, we then rest in presence, with the breath as a home base. The meditation invites an openness to whatever arises, and a gentle kind …
Dissolving Trance with RAIN (2017-01-11)
Dissolving Trance with RAIN (2017-01-11) – One of the pervasive expressions of trance is identifying with a limited and separate sense of self. This talk contrasts the self-trance to our intrinsically open, awake and loving awareness. We then explore …
Meditation: Cultivating a Relaxed Attention (2017-01-11)
Meditation: Cultivating a Relaxed Attention (2017-01-11) – In this meditation we engage a relaxed and alert attention by scanning through the body, opening to sound, and resting in the awareness that includes all the senses. This presence is stabilized…
Meditation: Quieting the Mind (2017-01-04)
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…
Meditation: Breathing into Presence (2016-12-21)
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…
Meditation – Awake Awareness is our Home (2016-12-14)
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…
Meditation – Relaxing Back into Living Presence
Meditation – Relaxing Back into Living Presence (2016-12-07) – When we are lost in thoughts our mind contracts, our body tightens and we disconnect from true openheartedness. The pathway home is through “relaxing back” and reopening our attention to ou…
How to Live Stress Free
Episode 186 – Our lives are dictated by the emotional state that we live in. That being said, if we want to change our lives, we need to change our emotional state. In this episode I give the top 5 tips to rid yourself of stress.
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence (2016-10-26)
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Presence (2016-10-26) – When we are stressed, our body and mind contract, and energetically we resist the life in the present moment. This meditation helps de-condition the stress reaction by guiding us to relax open from…
Spiritual Empowerment (2016-09-28)
Spiritual Empowerment (2016-09-28) – When we are trying to control life, we are removed from presence, and act in ways that separate us from others and solidify the experience of being a insecure self. This talk explores our often unconscious strategie…
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 2 (2016-08-17)
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 2 (2016-08-17) – The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the aspiration for manifesting our full potential, a trust that this is possible, and an energy that engages to serve this unfolding. In this t…
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1 (2016-08-10)
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1 (2016-08-10) – The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the aspiration for manifesting our full potential, a trust that this is possible, and an energy that engages to serve this unfolding. In this t…
Brief Meditation: Arriving in Mindful Presence (1 minute) – (2016-07-13)
Brief Meditation: Arriving in Mindful Presence (1 minute) – (2016-07-13) ~ This brief meditation can support you in pausing and arriving again in the life that’s right here. Free download of Tara’s 10 min meditation: “Mindful Breathing: Finding Calm an…
Break Free of the Rat Race
Ep 131 – Want to break free form the rat race and live a life that you are passion at about, something that you can be proud of? Listen to this episode for my thoughts on the rat race and how to break free from it.
Morning Question and Response on Retreat (2016-05-11)
Morning Question and Response from Retreat (2016-05-11) – Tara responds to questions including deepening our meditation practice, working with desire, and the RAIN practice. Free download of Tara’s 10 min meditation: “Mindful Breathing: Finding Calm an…
Does Your Education Suck?
Episode 129 – Education is probably the #1 determining factor of you success. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean traditional schooling, I mean self education. Educating yourself has never been easier or cheaper and in this episode I let you in o…
Real But Not True: Freeing Ourselves from Harmful Beliefs (2016-06-01)
Real But Not True: Freeing Ourselves from Harmful Beliefs (2016-06-01) – Thoughts and beliefs are navigational maps that are not inherently true. Rather, some serve us and others cause feelings of separation, self-aversion and/or blame of others. We ca…
Morning Questions and Response from Retreat (2016-05-09)
Morning Question and Response from Retreat (2016-05-09) – Tara responds to questions on deepening our meditation practice, working with unpleasant and pleasant thoughts, and forgiveness. Free download of Tara’s 10 min meditation: “Mindful Breathing: Fi…
Meditation: Basic Body and Breath Scan – from retreat (2016-05-07)
Meditation: Basic Body and Breath Scan – (2016-05-07) – from the first morning of the IMCW 2016 Spring weeklong retreat, Tara offers a short introductory meditation with a body scan, bringing focus to the breath, sounds, then resting in awareness. Free…
RAIN of Forgiveness (2015-05-05)
RAIN of Forgiveness (2015-05-05) – The capacity to release the armoring of hatred and blame is intrinsic to our evolving consciousness. This talk explores the process of authentic forgiveness, and how we can use the mindfulness-based tool of RAIN to h…