Part 2: Compassion – the tender resonance of heart – awakens as we allow ourselves to be touched by our shared vulnerability. This series reflects on four primary expressions of […] The post Compassion – Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love appeared first on Tara Brach.
Many recognize that love is the antidote to the suffering in our divided world, yet finding the path to an open heart can feel more challenging than ever. This talk […] The post Meeting these Times with Courageous Love appeared first on Tara Brach.
Drawn from Tara’s book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embodied caring that heals and frees our hearts. […] The post Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Part 3 appeared first on Tara Brach.
Drawn from Tara’s book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embodied caring that heals and frees our hearts. […] The post Part 2 – Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing appeared first on Tara Brach.
Drawn from Tara’s book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embodied caring that heals and frees our hearts. Through the framework […] The post Radical Compassion: Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing, Part 1 appeared first on Tara Brach.
Starting with scanning through the body and awakening the senses, we then rest in presence, with the breath as a home base. The meditation invites an openness to whatever arises, […] The post Meditation: A Witnessing, Kind Presence (19:52 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach.
If we realized how profoundly our chronic judgment creates separation and blocks the flow of love, we’d dedicate more deeply to disarming our hearts. Drawing on practices from the Bodhisattva […] The post Disarming Our Hearts: Guidance from the Bodhisattva Path – Part 2 appeared first on Tara Brach.
If we realized how profoundly our chronic judgment creates separation and blocks the flow of love, we’d dedicate more deeply to disarming our hearts. Drawing on practices from the Bodhisattva […] The post Disarming Our Hearts: Guidance from the Bodhisattva Path – Part 1 appeared first on Tara Brach.
When we are caught in self-judgment we forget the truth of who we are – our wholeness, awareness and love. This talk examines how we take the imperfect waves of […] The post The Wise Heart of Radical Acceptance appeared first on Tara Brach.
While we might not directly love what is, there is a pathway to this inner freedom. As we explore in this meditation, we begin with allowing the changing sensations and […] The post Meditation: Loving What Is (18:49 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach.
We often talk of widening the circles of compassion. This talk explores the qualities of mature compassion, what blocks us from this embodied and inclusive caring, and how each of […] The post Compassion for All Living Beings appeared first on Tara Brach.
From Dragons to Schmoos – Meeting Life with Compassionate Presence – The trance of unworthiness is sustained by our aversion to the dragons – the difficult emotions and related behaviors […] The post From Dragons to Schmoos – Meeting Life with Compassionate Presence appeared first on Tara Brach.
Part 2: Compassion – the tender resonance of heart – awakens as we allow ourselves to be touched by our shared vulnerability. This series reflects on four primary expressions of […] The post Compassion – Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love appeared first on Tara Brach.
Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation, a compassion practice or tonglen, is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the […] The post Meditation: Compassion Practice – Tonglen (23:39 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach.
When we are caught in self-judgment we forget the truth of who we are – our wholeness, awareness and love. This talk examines how we take the imperfect waves of […] The post The Wise Heart of Radical Acceptance appeared first on Tara Brach.
The essence of the spiritual path is realizing, trusting and living from our natural awareness and love. This talk explores the two key pathways that help us awaken from the […] The post Trusting the Gold – A Celebration of Tara’s New Book appeared first on Tara Brach.
One of the great sufferings is turning on ourselves with judgment and/or self-aversion. This practice brings the acronym RAIN to this pain. It helps us cultivate a healing self-compassion, and […] The post Meditation: RAIN of Self-Compassion (17:27 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach.
Amidst the great emotional reactivity of our times, this talk looks at: How do we hold this? What will allow us to respond wisely to our hurting world? How can […] The post Our Refuge of Heartspace appeared first on Tara Brach.
This brief meditation is a version of the Tibetan Tonglen practice: With the support of the breath we allow ourselves to open to the realness of suffering, and then offer […] The post Meditation: Suffering and Compassion (8:07 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach.
Our lives are shaped by our evolutionary past – the fears and wants that arise from a separate self sense – and the pull of our evolutionary potential – our […] The post Your Future Self: Turning Towards Your Awakened HeartMind appeared first on Tara Brach.