Tara Brach
Tara Brach, Ph.D is an internationally known meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge. Tara shares a weekly guided meditation and talk that blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices. The podcast addresses the value of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion in relieving emotional suffering, serving spiritual awakening and bringing healing to our world.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 1524
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
A Brief Meditation: Gathering and Arriving in Presence (2019-12-18)
A Brief Meditation: Gathering and Arriving in Presence (2019-12-18) - A brief meditation to gather the attention, loosen and soften the body, sense your intention for being here, and to feel the qual…
Radical Compassion - Part 2 - Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing
Radical Compassion - Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Parts 1, 2, 3 - Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, A…
Meditation: Surrender into Living Presence (2019-12-11)
Meditation: Surrender into Living Presence - In this guided meditation we begin with a body scan, and rest in awareness with our senses awake. The key practice is to recognize when the mind immerses …
Radical Compassion - Part 1 - Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing
Radical Compassion - Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Parts 1, 2, 3 - Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, A…
Meditation: Cultivating a Gentle, Kind Attention (2019-12-04)
Meditation: Cultivating a Gentle, Kind Attention - This meditation calls on the image and felt sense of a smile as we scan through the body, and invites a receptive and caring presence, as we open ou…
Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationship (2019-11-27)
Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationship - Gratitude arises when we are in sacred relationship with life—present, open and receptive. This talk explores how central gratitude is to our physical, emoti…
Meditation: Being Here (2019-11-27)
Meditation: Being Here - This guided meditation is an invitation to rest in Hereness—the immediacy and aliveness of full presence. We arrive and quiet with a conscious long deep breath, relax our bod…
Listening to the Song - Part 2 (2019-11-20)
Listening to the Song - Part 2 (2019-11-20) - Listening is our gateway to intimacy with our inner life, each other, our earth and spirit. These two talks look at the ways that listening gets blocked …
Meditation: Coming Home to Natural Presence (2019-11-20)
Meditation: Coming Home to Natural Presence (2019-11-20) - This meditation awakens our senses through a body scan and listening to sound, and then invites us to rest in the presence that spontaneousl…
Meditation: The RAIN of Compassion (30 min)
Meditation: The RAIN of Compassion (30 min) -
The acronym RAIN (Recognize-Allow-Investigate-Nurture) is one of the most powerful tools I know for working with difficult emotions and discovering the f…
Meditation: Calling on Loving Presence
Meditation: Calling on Loving Presence -
Often, when we’re really struggling, the only way to find compassion for ourselves is by reaching out towards a loving awareness that is great enough to offer…
Listening to the Song - Part 1 (2019-11-13)
Listening to the Song - Part 1 (2019-11-13) - Listening is our gateway to intimacy with our inner life, each other, our earth and spirit. These two talks look at the ways that listening gets blocked …
Meditation - The Silence that is Listening (2013-11-13)
Meditation - The Silence that is Listening (2013-11-13) - Listening to sound is opens up to the space of pure being. In this guided practice we begin by awakening through the body, and then explore l…
Judgment, Acceptance and Freedom (Retreat Talk) (2019-11-03)
Judgment, Acceptance and Freedom (Retreat Talk) - The boundary to what we accept is the boundary to our freedom. This talk explores the often unconscious ways we create separation by judging ourselve…
Short Talk and Meditation: Saying Yes to Our Life
Short Talk and Meditation: Saying Yes to Our Life - Our habitual ways of avoiding pain keep us from experiencing intimacy with our inner life and with each other. This short talk and guided meditatio…
Anger: Responding, Not Reacting
Anger: Responding, Not Reacting - Anger is natural, intelligent and necessary for surviving and flourishing. Yet when we are hooked by anger, it causes great personal and collective suffering. This t…
Meditating with RAIN - Working with Difficult Emotions
Meditating with RAIN - Working with Difficult Emotions - This guided practice applies mindfulness and self-compassion to challenging emotions. It is based on the acronym RAIN, and provides a four ste…
Meditation: Letting Go – 9 Magic Breaths (2019-07-19)
Guided Meditation: Letting Go – 9 Magic Breaths (2019-07-19) - This guided practice includes taking a pause from all activity, and following the inflow and outflow of nine conscious breaths. We then …
Belonging to Each Other – Part 3 of 3 (2019-10-23)
Belonging to Each Other – Part 3 of 3 - Mother Teresa writes that if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. These three talks explore the causes for severed b…
Meditation: Awake and Alive (2019-10-23)
Meditation: Awake and Alive - This guided practice includes a body scan, and an opening to the awareness that includes all of life. From that wakeful openness we offer a relaxed attentiveness to the …