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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.

While preparing your breakfast smoothie

Meditation: A Welcoming Heartspace (18:27 min)
Meditation: Energy and Source (19:35 min)
Meditation: Continuous Space Suffused with Awareness (19:21 min.)
Meditation: Breath by Breath - Relaxing with Our Life (19:04 min.)
Meditation: Opening to the Mystery (17:34 min)
Meditation: Entering Heartspace with the “Smile-Down” (18:40 min.)
Meditation: Homecoming to Our Life Breath (16:06 min.)
Meditation: Breathing into Presence (19:46 min)
Meditation: Awake Awareness is Our Home (19:08 min)
Meditation: Lighting Up Your Energy Body
Meditation: Cultivating a Mindful Awareness
Mindfulness Meditation—Intimacy with our Inner Life
Guided Meditation: Loving This Life - Happiness - Metta (17:05 min.)
Meditation: Coming Home to Openhearted Awareness (19 min.)
Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome (18:40 min.)
Meditation: Open Awareness – Relaxing Back into Presence (19:20 min)
Meditation: Receiving Life in Open Awareness (16:06 min)
Meditation: Surrender into Living Presence
Meditation: Cultivating a Gentle, Kind Attention (19:07 min.)
Meditation: Relaxed and Awake (16:59 min.)
Meditation: Breath by Breath – Inviting Relaxation and Ease
Guided Meditation: Opening to the Sea of Presence (19:53 min.)
Meditation: Vipassana - The Practice of Seeing Clearly (18:02 min.)
Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness (19:39 min.)
Guided Meditation: Remembering Your Spiritual Heart
Meditation: Living Loving Awareness (20 min.)
Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care (15:34 min.)
Meditation: A Witnessing, Kind Presence
Meditation: Living Presence – Awakening with a Smile (18:45 min)
Meditation: Embodied Awareness
Meditation: A Listening Presence (20 min.)
Meditation: Portal to Sacred Presence (22:01 min.)
Meditation: Body and Spirit
Meditation: Listening to Life
Meditation: Reconnecting to Silence and Presence
Meditation: Open Awareness – Relaxing Back into Presence
Meditation: A Present Heart
Meditation: Cultivating a Gentle, Kind Attention
Meditation: A Welcoming Heartspace
Guided Meditation: The Center of Now
Meditation: Letting Go… Letting Be
Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness
Meditation: Energy and Source
Meditation: Opening to the Mystery
Meditation: Relaxed and Awake
Guided Meditation: Whole Body Breathing
Meditation: Breathing Our Way to Peace & Freedom
Meditation: The Space of Loving Awareness
Meditation: Relaxing Back and Saying Yes to the Moment
Meditation: The Sea of Awareness
Meditation: Awake and Alive
Meditation: Continuous Space Suffused with Awareness

Nice duration for a walk in nature

Meditation: Vipassana – Opening Our Hearts to Life as It Is (20 min.)
Meditation: Relaxed and Alert (20:43 min.)
Meditation: Awakening Our Full Aliveness (21:30 min.)
Meditation: Meeting Life with a Kind Presence (21:26 min.)
Meditation: The Center of Now (22:26 min)
Meditation on Intention (22:39 min.)
Meditation: Inner Space - Gateway to Open Awareness (20:08)
Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind (21:56 min.)
Meditation: The Heartspace That is Home (21:49 min)
Meditation: Calling on Your Awakened Heart (23:52 min.)
Meditation: Awakening Our Energy Body (22:19 min)
Meditation: Receiving This Life in Awareness (22:37 min)
Meditation: The Blessings of Yes (20:10 min.)
Meditation: Resting in Knowing (22:11 min.)
Meditation: Pathway to Inner Peace (20:41 min.)
Meditation: Arriving in Embodied Presence (23:59 min)
Meditation: Living Presence with Body Scan
Meditation: Relaxed and Alert
Meditation: Relaxing into the Flow (25:03 min)
Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (21:40 min.)
Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (24:08 min.)
Meditation: Relaxing with Life (21:38 min.)
Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence (23:49 min.)
Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence (21:56 min.)
Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (21:39 min.)
Meditation: Living Presence (21:08 min.)
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Full Presence
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Awareness (20:12 min.)
Meditation: Resting Your Heart in Presence (20:13 min.)
Meditation: Resting in Knowing (20:43 min.)
Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind (25:06 min.)
Meditation: Touching Peace
Meditation: Awake, Relaxed and Open
Meditation: Meeting Fear with a Healing Breath
Meditation: The Blessings of Yes (20:12 min.)
Meditation: Awareness and Flow
Meditation: Relaxing Open into Full Presence
Meditation: Awareness is Our Home
Meditation: Living Presence - Experiencing Aliveness and Openheartedness
Guided Meditation: Letting Life Be As It Is
2024-04-24 - Meditation: Awakening through the Inner Body
Meditation: Inner Refuge of Calm
Meditation: Widening Rings of Being
Meditation: Letting Go of Doing
Meditation: Refuge in Living Presence
Meditation: Listening to our Heart
Meditation: Awakening Our Full Aliveness
Meditation: Opening to the Sea of Presence
Meditation: Relaxing with Life
Meditation: Letting Thought Clouds Come and Go
Meditation: Opening to the Flow
Meditation: Everything Belongs

On your way to work in the morning rush

While practicing yoga to enhance your flow

The Bodhisattva Path—Nurturing the River of Caring
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1
Seeing the Light in Each Other
The Liberating Power of Conscious Intention 2
The Liberating Power of Conscious Intention 1
Awakening Compassion in a Fearful World: The Practice of Tonglen
Trauma: The Light Shines through the Broken Places
Part 2: Healing Depression with Meditation
Awakening Trust in a Fractured World, Part 2
Desire and Addiction: Voices of Longing Calling You Home, Part 1
Embodied Presence - Portal to the Sacred, Part 2
The Healing Power of Imagination: Transform Yourself and the World, Part 2
Stories That Imprison Our Heart - Part 2
Stories That Imprison Our Heart - Part 1
The Revolution of Tenderness - Part 2
The Revolution of Tenderness - Part 1
Introduction to Mindfulness: Mindfulness of Thoughts – Part 4
Introduction to Mindfulness: The Power of Heart Presence – Part 3 (of a 5-week series)
Introduction to Mindfulness: The Power of Heart Presence – Part 1
Devotion: Grounds of a Path with Heart, Part 2
Realizing True Well-Being, Part 2
Realizing True Well-Being, Part 1
Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 2)
Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 1)
Freedom from Inner and Outer Tyranny: The Path of Spiritual Warriors
Equanimity - Part 4 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
Joy – Part 3 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
Compassion - Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
Lovingkindness – Part 1 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
The Infinite Game - From Self-Improvement to Spiritual Freedom
Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Part 3
Part 2 - Radical Compassion - Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing
The Three Refuges - Gateways to Belonging and Freedom
Revolutionary Love: A Conversation with Tara Brach & Valarie Kaur
Part 2: A Heart that is Ready for Anything - The Gateway of Equanimity
A Heart that is Ready for Anything- The Gateway of Equanimity - Part I
Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationship
The Honesty Challenge - Getting More Truthful with Ourselves and Our World
The Gift of Self-Compassion: A Conversation with Tara Brach & Kristin Neff, PhD
Becoming Bodhisattvas in a Troubled World
Cultivating a Courageous Heart - Part 1
Freedom Beyond the Trance of Self
Waking up from Bias: A conversation with Tara and Anurag (Anu) Gupta
Inner and Outer Democracy: The Practice of True Inclusion
Trusting Your Basic Goodness: Part 2
Desire and Addiction (Part 2): Voices of Longing Calling You Home
Desire and Addiction (Part 1): Voices of Longing Calling You Home
Love is Always Here
From Ego to Eco-Identity - Homecoming to Sacred Relationship
Embodied Presence (Part 2) – Planting Our Roots in the Universe – Working with Pain
Embodied Presence (Part 1) – Planting Our Roots in the Universe
Beloved Community
Disarming Our Hearts - Part 2: Guidance from the Bodhisattva Path
Disarming Our Hearts - Part 1
Three Blessings in Spiritual Life – Part 3: A Mirror
Three Blessings in Spiritual Life – Part 2: Inner Fire
Three Blessings in Spiritual Life – Part 1: Forgiveness
Spiritual Reparenting: Loving Ourselves into Healing (from retreat)
The Sacred Art of Listening
Navigating the Dark Ages
Letting Go of Controlling – Part 1: The Path of Freedom
How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 2
Coming Home to True Refuge
The Sacred Pause
Finding True Belonging in the Midst of Stress
Awakening from Trance – Embracing Unlived Life
How Do We Bridge the Divides?
A Generous Heart
A Conversation with Tara and Stephen Fulder: What is our Refuge in the Midst of Crisis
Four Spiritual Inquiries: Finding Heart Wisdom in Painful Times
Radical Self-Forgiving
Awakening from the Trance of Self-Centeredness

While taking a scenic drive to enjoy the view

Letting go of Controlling: The Path of Freedom, Part 2
Letting go of Controlling: The Path of Freedom 1
Coming Home to True Refuge | Finding Peace Through Awareness, Truth, and Love
The Evolving of Generosity
Part 1: Healing Depression with Meditation
Trusting the Path: A Conversation on Refuge & Compassion | Tara Brach, Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
Presence and Compassion in a Violent World
From Head to Heart
Introduction to Mindfulness: The Power of Heart Presence, Part 5
Introduction to Mindfulness: Part 2 - The Power of Heart Presence
Trusting Who We Are (retreat talk)
Cultivating a Courageous Heart - Part 2
Timeless Heart Wisdom for our Times – Tara Brach and Dan Harris
The Courage to Say Yes - A Conversation with Tara and poet, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
The Sacred Work of Bridging Divides - Teachings from Roshi Joan Halifax and Tara Brach
What is Love Asking from Us? Reflections on Palestine and the Bodhisattva Path With Tara Brach & Gabor Mate
Living with a Courageous Heart in Times of Crisis: A Conversation with Tara Brach & Oren Jay Sofer
Cherishing Each Other: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Father Gregory Boyle
2024-04-03 - Relating Wisely to our Inner Life: Tara and Lee C Camp
“Getting Over Yourself”: A conversation with Tara Brach and Stephen Josephs
Letting Go of Controlling – Part 2: The Path of Freedom
Basic Goodness and Awe: A conversation between Tara Brach and Dacher Keltner
The Wise Heart of Radical Acceptance
Mindful Glimpses: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Loch Kelly
Longing for Freedom: A conversation with Tara Brach and Lama Rod Owens