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
- 1523
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Part 1: Three Blessings on the Journey
Part 1: 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…
Morning Meditation Instruction with Question and Response (retreat)(14 min)
Morning Meditation Instruction with Question and Response (retreat) (2015-12-29) - "Discover what’s happening here, beyond the veil of thinking.” Tara gives additional instructions and responds to qu…
Widening the Circles of Compassion (retreat talk) (2015-12-31)
Widening the Circles of Compassion (retreat talk) (2015-12-31) - The archetypal figure of the Bodhisattva (“awakening being”) reflects our potential to realize our connectedness with all beings, and …
Meditation: RAIN of Compassion (retreat) (2015-12-29)
Meditation: RAIN of Compassion (retreat) (2015-12-29) - This new version of the acronym RAIN is a powerful way of bringing compassion to the life within you, and to attuning and deepening compassion …
Gateways of Remembrance: The Three Refuges (2016-01-06)
Gateways of Remembrance: The Three Refuges (2016-01-06) - This talk explores the traditional refuges of awareness (buddha nature), truth (dharma) and love (sangha) that are at the heart of Buddhism, …
Meditation: Relaxing Open (2016-01-06)
Meditation: Relaxing Open (2016-01-06)
Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. R…
Meditation: Letting Life Be (from 2010-09-22)
Meditation: Letting Life Be (from 2010-09-22) - Tara is teaching retreat this week, so wanted to share this meditation from 2010 with you.
The Power of Mindful Investigation (from 2010-09-22)
The Power of Mindful Investigation (from 2010-09-22) - We each have a deep interest in reality–in understanding what is true and who we are. In Buddhist teachings, our interest, and its expression in…
Meditation: Seeing the Goodness (2015-12-23) (6:11 min)
Meditation: Seeing the Goodness (2015-12-23) (6:11 min) - When we focus on what we appreciate in others, our very attention helps allow that person to shine (a practice meditation from the end of the…
Reflection: Learning to Stay (2015-12-23) (4:30 min)
Reflection: Learning to Stay (2015-12-23) (4:30 min) - We open the door to healing by bringing a mindful and kind attention to inner vulnerability and fear (from "Secret Beauty - Solstice talk).
Secret Beauty - Solstice Talk (2015-12-23)
Secret Beauty - Solstice Talk (2015-12-23) - This solstice talk explores two pathways to realizing the Secret Beauty that is our essence. One is through the compassion that arises when we stay with v…
Meditation: Awaken to HeartSpace (2015-12-23)
Meditation: Awaken to HeartSpace (2015-12-23) - Awaken to HeartSpace, the open awareness that is intrinsically tender and wakeful, and discover how to experience this life from the domain of heart.
Meditation: The RAIN of Self-Compassion (2015-12-16)
This meditation is included at the end of the RAIN of Self-Compassion talk. This talk explores three key features of the trance of unworthiness and introduces this guided meditation based on a new ve…
The RAIN of Self-Compassion (2015-12-16)
This talk explores three key features of the trance of unworthiness and introduces a guided meditation based on a new version of the acronym RAIN that awakens self-compassion and de-conditions the su…
Meditation: Aliveness, Space and Awareness (2015-12-16)
This practice includes a body scan that opens into experience of continuous space, filled with the light of awareness.
Free download of Tara’s new 10 min meditation: “Mindful Breathing: Finding Calm …
Desire: A Current of Homecoming (2015-12-09)
Desire: A Current of Homecoming (2015-12-09) - Desire is intrinsic to our aliveness, yet when we have unmet needs, it can possess us. This talk explores how to relax open the grip of wanting and heal…
Meditation: Calming and Opening (2015-12-09)
Meditation: Calming and Opening (2015-12-09) - This meditation guides us in collecting and quieting the mind with the breath, and then relaxing all effort, and simply resting in what is.
Free downloa…
Meditation: Choosing Living Presence
Free download of Tara’s new 10 min meditation: “Mindful Breathing: Finding Calm and Ease” when you join her email list.
Loving Life, Loving Earth
With prayers for the Paris Climate talks: What will it take to have us collectively awaken to the suffering of our earth and respond? This talk looks at how we are destroying our larger body, the ear…
Feeling Gratitude, Giving Love (2015-11-25)
Feeling Gratitude, Giving Love - Thanksgiving 2015 (2015-11-25) - Like breathing in and breathing out, gratitude and generosity allow us to live fully. This talks explores what blocks these natural c…