Tara Brach

Tara Brach

Tara Brach

Tara Brach

Buddhism Mental Health English

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.

Devotion: Grounds of a Path with Heart, Part 1

Devotion: Grounds of a Path with Heart, Part 1

In this two-part series, we reflect on the power of devotion as a gateway to awakening that reconnects us with what we love most deeply. Together, we’ll look at how prayer and heartfelt longing can open us to the intrinsic experience of belonging we yearn for. Especially in these times of fear and division, cultivating our natural devotion helps us soften, remember our true nature, and realign...

Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (21:40 min.)

Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (21:40 min.)

This guided practice helps us come into our senses through a body scan. We then rest in the awareness that is listening to and feeling the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, the return is a relaxing back to our senses, and to the sea of awareness that includes and experiences the waves of life.

Realizing True Well-Being, Part 2

Realizing True Well-Being, Part 2

Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two-part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us to live a meaningful life with a heart that is “happy for no reason.” In this talk, Tara explores: how cultivating a grateful,...

Guided Meditation: Loving This Life - Happiness - Metta (17:05 min.)

Guided Meditation: Loving This Life - Happiness - Metta (17:05 min.)

This guided meditation, grounded in the practice of Metta, invites us to awaken the heart by softening the body and quieting the mind. We begin with the simple image of a smile—opening to warmth, ease, and presence. With a tender attention, we rest with breath, sensations, and sound—gently returning when the mind drifts. As we offer loving phrases like “May I feel happy” and “May I be free,” we...

Realizing True Well-Being, Part 1

Realizing True Well-Being, Part 1

Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us to live a meaningful life with a heart that is “happy for no reason.” In this talk, Tara explores: the essential role of happiness...

Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (24:08 min.)

Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (24:08 min.)

Taking in the Goodness: Rumi said, “Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of kindness.” This meditation guides us to look for the source of loving and to turn in that direction. It begins with a lovingkindness practice that spreads the image of a smile into the body, then continues with a practice of seeing the goodness of ourselves and others.

Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 2)

Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 2)

Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound talk, Tara Brach introduces how the transformative power of the RAIN meditation can help us face fear with courage and compassion. By bringing mindfulness and loving awareness to fear, we can move beyond its grip and reconnect with the boundless...

Meditation: Relaxing with Life (21:38 min.)

Meditation: Relaxing with Life (21:38 min.)

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."

Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 1)

Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 1)

Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound talk, Tara Brach introduces how the transformative power of the RAIN meditation can help us face fear with courage and compassion. By bringing mindfulness and loving awareness to fear, we can move beyond its grip and reconnect with the boundless...

Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence (23:49 min.)

Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence (23:49 min.)

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.