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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.

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    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 4.8 • 8.7K Ratings

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.

    Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart

    Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart

    Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart - Fear is a natural and universal part of our incarnation, and, when it goes on overdrive, we get imprisoned in the suffering of separation. These two talks explore how the RAIN meditation can help us face fear, and discover the boundless loving awareness that includes but is not contracted by currents of fear.

    • 53 min
    Meditation: Relaxing with Life

    Meditation: Relaxing with Life

    Meditation: Relaxing with Life - This meditation begins with a body scan, and then we practice opening to and relaxing with our changing experience. The sitting closes with a beautiful poem by Danna Faulds, “Just for Now.”

    • 20 min
    Facing Fear (Part 1) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart

    Facing Fear (Part 1) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart

    Facing Fear (Part 1) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart - Fear is a natural and universal part of our incarnation, and, when it goes on overdrive, we get imprisoned in the suffering of separation. These two talks explore how the RAIN meditation can help us face fear, and discover the boundless loving awareness that includes but is not contracted by currents of fear.

    • 52 min
    Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence

    Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence

    Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence - This meditation establishes a kind attention by bringing the imagery and felt sense of a smile into the body scan and then, with the breath as a home base, opens the attention to changing experience. We end with a brief loving kindness reflection.

    • 22 min
    Releasing the Habits That Imprison Your Spirit (Part 2)

    Releasing the Habits That Imprison Your Spirit (Part 2)

    Releasing the Habits That Imprison Your Spirit (Part 2) - Addictions of all levels of intensity arise from disconnection and are spiking globally. Humans are experiencing epidemic levels of loneliness, and this combined with engineered products and substances that are highly addictive leads to great suffering. In these two talks, we explore how we get hooked on behaviors that we know cause harm, and how mindfulness and self-compassion can serve our freedom. Key to this process is reconnecting

    • 59 min
    Meditation: Letting Life Live through You

    Meditation: Letting Life Live through You

    Meditation: Letting Life Live through You - This meditation awakens the senses and then guides us into the wakeful openness that includes the whole play of sensations, feelings and sound. We become fully awake and alive as we open to the awareness that allows life to live through us.

    • 15 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
8.7K Ratings

8.7K Ratings

Maddiem99 ,

My teacher I’ve never even met.

I’ve been listening to Tara’s dharma talks for over a decade. Her words always touch something deep in my heart. I feel so incredibly grateful for her. She has certainly helped shape my life for the better over the years.

Sagely Warrior ML ,

Thank you and wonderful podcast

I started to utilize Tara’s talks and meditations a few years ago via her website. It’s only been months that I’ve found this podcast. It’s wonderful! It’s a definite 5 star review from me!

Laralyndy ,

Just right

Thank you Tara, I value you and your talks, meditation and all. At this moment in time I really appreciate the shorter 15 minute meditations, they are ideal for starting my day, good morning meditations for me. I hope to find more of the shorter ones as they are just so good. Also, congratulations on the anniversary of Radical Acceptance. I have the audio book which differs from the audio version of the written book, which I got years ago and still benefit from. Thank you for helping me so much. I love the peace quote from Dorothy Hunt, too. Peace for you, Tara.

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