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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.

Meditation Mental Health Health & Fitness Audio Spiritual Psychology Religion & Spirituality Mindfulness Buddhism
Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
38 minutes
Episodes
1524
Years Active
2010 - 2025
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Practical Dharma for Stressful Times (2016-03-16)

Practical Dharma for Stressful Times (2016-03-16)

Practical Dharma for Stressful Times (2016-03-16) -

When we are caught in a stress reaction, we are in a trance that cuts us off from our creativity, full intelligence and capacity to be loving. This…

00:58:46  |   Fri 18 Mar 2016
Meditation: Touching Peace - with a Smile (2015-08-19)

Meditation: Touching Peace - with a Smile (2015-08-19)

Meditation: Touching Peace - with a Smile (2015-08-19) - Tara is traveling this week, so asked that this "smile meditation" be posted.

00:21:37  |   Fri 18 Mar 2016
Embodied Awareness - Embracing Unlived Life - Part 1 (2016-03-09)

Embodied Awareness - Embracing Unlived Life - Part 1 (2016-03-09)

Embodied Awareness - Embracing Unlived Life - Part 1 (2016-03-09)

When we disconnect from the aliveness of our body, we are in a trance that prevents us from living and loving fully. These two talks …

00:54:27  |   Sat 12 Mar 2016
Reflection: RAIN - Entering the Wilderness (2016-03-09)

Reflection: RAIN - Entering the Wilderness (2016-03-09)

Meditation: RAIN - Entering the Wilderness (2016-03-09) - This short reflection, guided by the acronym RAIN, engages mindfulness and compassion as we open to life that we’ve been pushing away. By inc…

00:10:11  |   Sat 12 Mar 2016
Meditation: Embodied Awareness (2016-03-09)

Meditation: Embodied Awareness (2016-03-09)

Meditation: Embodied Awareness (2016-03-09) - This meditation reconnects us to the vibratory aliveness of our bodies, and the space of awareness that suffuses that aliveness. We inhabit embodied awar…

00:22:19  |   Fri 11 Mar 2016
Bodhichitta - The Awakened Heart - Part 2 (2016-03-02)

Bodhichitta - The Awakened Heart - Part 2 (2016-03-02)

Bodhichitta - The Awakened Heart - Part 2 (2016-03-02)

While the brightness and warmth of our hearts is always here, like the sun when blocked by clouds, our intrinsic love can be obscured. These two…

00:59:53  |   Sat 05 Mar 2016
Meditation: Awakening the Heart - Giving and Receiving Loving Blessings (2016-03-02)

Meditation: Awakening the Heart - Giving and Receiving Loving Blessings (2016-03-02)

Meditation: Awakening the Heart - Giving and Receiving Loving Blessings (2016-03-02) -

Our hearts awaken as we express and receive love in an embodied, conscious way. This guided practice brings our …

00:11:21  |   Sat 05 Mar 2016
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Open Wakefulness (2016-03-02)

Meditation: Relaxing Back into Open Wakefulness (2016-03-02)

Meditation: Relaxing Back into Open Wakefulness (2016-03-02) - This meditation begins by relaxing through the body, and connecting with inner aliveness and space. We then include sounds and sense the…

00:19:49  |   Fri 04 Mar 2016
Bodhichitta - The Awakened Heart - Part 1 (2016-02-24)

Bodhichitta - The Awakened Heart - Part 1 (2016-02-24)

Bodhichitta - The Awakened Heart - Part 1 (2016-02-24) - While the brightness and warmth of our hearts is always here, like the sun when blocked by clouds, our intrinsic love can be obscured. These t…

00:55:42  |   Sat 27 Feb 2016
Meditation: Blessings of Love (2016-02-24)

Meditation: Blessings of Love (2016-02-24)

Meditation: Blessings of Love (2016-02-24) - A blessing is whatever reminds us of the sacred loving presence that shines through all of us. This meditation is a transformational practice in receiving…

00:11:32  |   Sat 27 Feb 2016
Meditation: The Center of Now (2016-02-24)

Meditation: The Center of Now (2016-02-24)

Meditation: The Center of Now (2016-02-24) - The portal to presence is awakening through the body from the inside out, and then opening to include sound in field of aliveness. This reveals  the awake…

00:22:10  |   Sat 27 Feb 2016
The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 2 (2016-02-17)

The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 2 (2016-02-17)

The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 2 (2016-02-17) - In spiritual life, inquiry arises from our deep yearning to understand reality, and it involves bringing an interested, engaged att…

00:54:08  |   Sat 20 Feb 2016
Meditation: Embodied Awareness (2016-02-17)

Meditation: Embodied Awareness (2016-02-17)

This guided meditation includes a full body scan, and the recognition of the formless awareness that includes and is source of all experience. By recognizing that awareness we discover the silence an…

00:17:48  |   Fri 19 Feb 2016
Reflection: The Power of Inquiry - Untangling Emotional Tangles (2016-02-10)

Reflection: The Power of Inquiry - Untangling Emotional Tangles (2016-02-10)

Reflection: The Power of Inquiry - Untangling Emotional Tangles (2016-02-10) - This short meditation helps us get unstuck from emotional difficulty with the practice of Inquiry. We use the acronym RA…

00:10:30  |   Sat 13 Feb 2016
The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 1 (2016-02-10)

The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening - Part 1 (2016-02-10)

The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening (2016-02-10) - Parts I and II - In spiritual life, inquiry arises from our deep yearning to understand reality, and it involves bringing an interested, eng…

00:51:49  |   Sat 13 Feb 2016
Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness with Intro (2016-02-10)

Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness with Intro (2016-02-10)

Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness with Intro (2016-02-10) - This meditation begins with collecting attention with the breath, and awakens us to the experience of aliveness and inner space by sca…

00:24:32  |   Fri 12 Feb 2016
Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness

Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness

Meditation: Inhabiting Awake Awareness(2016-02-10) - This meditation begins with collecting attention with the breath, and awakens us to the experience of aliveness and inner space by scanning the bo…

00:21:41  |   Fri 12 Feb 2016
Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice (2016-02-03)

Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice (2016-02-03)

Three Attitudes that Nourish a Liberating Practice (2016-02-03) -  A key spiritual inquiry is, “In this moment, what most serves awakening?” Rather than a particular style of meditation practice, it …

00:53:16  |   Fri 05 Feb 2016
Meditation - Space, Aliveness and Letting Be (2016-02-03)

Meditation - Space, Aliveness and Letting Be (2016-02-03)

Meditation - Space, Aliveness and Letting Be (2016-02-03) - This practice guides us into the openness of awareness, and then invites a deep resting, a letting be.

Free download of Tara’s new 10 min m…

00:25:01  |   Fri 05 Feb 2016
Part 2: Three Blessings on the Journey

Part 2: Three Blessings on the Journey

Part 2: Three Blessings on the Journey - Drawing on a wonderful teaching story from the Upanishads, these two talks explore the role of forgiveness, inner fire and looking at our own minds, in findin…

00:54:41  |   Thu 28 Jan 2016
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