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Spiritual Audacity: The Lion's Roar of the Heart
23 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
When we remember our deep belonging to this world, a fierce and tender courage begins to move through us. In this talk, we'll explore "spiritual audacity" as a sacred, embodied boldness—the lion's roar of the awakened heart. Through personal and collective lenses, we'll reflect on what it means to live true to our essence: grounded in love, guided by truth, and called to serve the freedom and healing of all beings. Lees meer
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Part 2: Healing Depression with Meditation
16 oktober 2025 · 58 min
Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the suffering is the experience of severed belonging—of being imprisoned in the pain of separation, unworthiness, unlovability and hopelessness. These two talks explore several meditation practices that reconnect us with our natural aliveness, openheartedness and awareness. They empower us to develop our inner resources, energize us to awaken, free us from rumination and remind us that we are not our depressive thoughts and feelings. The growing realization of the loving awareness that is our home heals the very roots of depression. Lees meer
In this talk, we'll look at:
- how depression and anxiety mirror our collective disconnection, and how mindful awareness can begin to heal both body and spirit.
- how ungrieved loss turns into depression, and how opening to sorrow with compassion reconnects us to love and aliveness.
- the "logjam" of depression, showing how small mindful shifts can restore flow, energy, and a sense of possibility.
- how reconnecting with our heart's deep intention awakens hope and invites a renewed capacity for presence and joy.
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Meditation: The Heartspace That is Home (21:49 min)
16 oktober 2025 · 22 min
No matter how far you've wandered, this heartspace – this awake tender awareness – is only a half-breath of remembrance away. This meditation awakens attention to the space of awareness…
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Part 1: Healing Depression with Meditation
9 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the suffering is the experience of severed belonging—of being imprisoned in the pain of separation, unworthiness, unlovability and hopelessness.
These two talks explore several meditation practices that reconnect us with our natural aliveness, openheartedness and awareness. They empower us to develop our inner resources, energize us to awaken, free us from rumination and remind us that we are not our depressive thoughts and feelings. The growing realization of the loving awareness that is our home heals the very roots of depression. Lees meer -
Meditation: Calling on Your Awakened Heart (23:52 min.)
8 oktober 2025 · 24 min
In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided meditation calls forth this loving presence by opening to the heart and spirit of whatever being in our life we most experience as calm, wise and compassionate.
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Trusting the Path: A Conversation on Refuge & Compassion | Tara Brach, Ajahn Kovilo & Ajahn Nisabho
2 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
In this rich and heartful conversation, I join two dear Buddhist monks — Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho — who are in the process of founding Clear Mountain Monastery, a new Buddhist community in the Seattle area. Their bright, warm spirit brings a lighthearted and sincere presence to our dialogue, making this exchange a true joy to share. Lees meer
Together, we explore many dimensions of the spiritual path — including my own journey of finding refuge during a dark time, the teachers who've inspired me, and the teachings that most deeply call to my heart. We also reflect on the practice of RAIN, the dance between directing attention and opening to what's here, and how compassion and equanimity intertwine to support us in these challenging times.
Along the way, we touch into the Pali word sanook — meaning fun or lightheartedness — which beautifully captures the spirit of our time together.
May this conversation nourish your own trust in the path and remind you of the goodness and joy that are always here, waiting to be discovered.
In this talk, we'll look at:
- how trusting our basic goodness becomes the foundation for intimacy, creativity, and awakening compassion in a suffering world.
- Tara's own journey through illness and fear, and how softening around pain opens the heart to freedom and love.
- the power of the RAIN meditation to transform judgment and reactivity into mindful presence and self-acceptance.
- how taking a sacred pause helps us step out of the virtual trance and re-enter embodied awareness and connection
- trusting Buddha-nature — the radiant goodness that shines through all beings — as the ultimate refuge in an unraveling world.Ajahn Kovilo and Ajahn Nisabho are part of Clear Mountain Monastery Project, an aspiring Buddhist forest monastery in the Seattle area.
Website: https://www.clearmountainmonastery.org/
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Meditation: Awakening Our Energy Body (22:19 min)
1 oktober 2025 · 22 min
This meditation scans the body and directly invites the awakening of key energy centers (chakras) in our body. We then rest in the openhearted awareness that includes this ever changing creative flow of aliveness.
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Awakening Trust in a Fractured World, Part 2
25 september 2025 · 55 min
In an age of polarization, conspiracy thinking, and deepening mistrust, how can we cultivate a trust that is wise and healing –for our own heart and the world? This talk explores the personal and collective forces that foster mistrust, and through reflection and applied practices, we'll explore how to nurture a trust in basic goodness and a felt sense of belonging, even in the most divided times. Lees meer
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Meditation: Receiving This Life in Awareness (22:37 min)
24 september 2025 · 23 min
In our everyday life we are conditioned to feel that life is happening to us, or that we are the doer. This meditation deconditions that self-centrality by bringing attention to the aliveness in our bodies, and then opening to receive the entire play of sounds, sensations and feelings in awareness. Lees meer
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Desire and Addiction: Voices of Longing Calling You Home, Part 2
18 september 2025 · 45 min
Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suffering when, due to unmet needs, it contracts, intensifies and separates us from our full aliveness and awareness. These two talks guide us in awakening from this trance, and discovering how within desire is the longing that can carry us to true belonging. Lees meer
In this talk, Tara explores:
how the "wanting mind" pulls us away from presence and freedom.
how unmet needs fuel craving and why substitutes never bring lasting joy.
the suffering of identifying with desire and how mindfulness offers release.
using the RAIN practice to recognize, allow, and soften the wanting mind.
tracing back desire to discover love, belonging, and freedom already here.
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Meditation: In the Body (20:29 min.)
17 september 2025 · 20 min
This guided meditation invites you to gently come home to the aliveness of the body. Through mindful awareness, you'll learn to soften tension, release mental agitation, and rest in the simplicity of presence. As you bring a compassionate attention to sensations, you discover a refuge that is always here—an embodied wholeness that allows you to meet life with greater ease and tenderness. Lees meer
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Desire and Addiction: Voices of Longing Calling You Home, Part 1
12 september 2025 · 54 min
Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suffering when, due to unmet needs, it contracts, intensifies and separates us from our full aliveness and awareness. These two talks guide us in awakening from this trance, and discovering how within desire is the longing that can carry us to true belonging. Lees meer
In this talk, Tara explores:
- how the "wanting mind" pulls us away from presence and freedom.
- how unmet needs fuel craving and why substitutes never bring lasting joy.
- the suffering of identifying with desire and how mindfulness offers release.
- using the RAIN practice to recognize, allow, and soften the wanting mind.
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Meditation: The Blessings of Yes (20:10 min.)
11 september 2025 · 20 min
When our hearts open to the life that is here, just as it is, we discover vast loving presence. This meditation engages the smile as we scan through and awaken to our body and senses. Then we practice meeting the changing flow of life with a full allowing, wakeful and open awareness. Lees meer
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Awakening Trust in a Fractured World, Part 1
5 september 2025 · 1 uur 21 min
In an age of polarization, conspiracy thinking, and deepening mistrust, how can we cultivate a trust that is wise and healing –for our own heart and the world? This talk explores the personal and collective forces that foster mistrust, and through reflection and applied practices, we'll explore how to nurture a trust in basic goodness and a felt sense of belonging, even in the most divided times. Lees meer
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Meditation: A Relaxed, Open Presence (12:30 min.)
4 september 2025 · 12 min
This brief practice calls on conscious breathing, relaxing, letting go and a touch of lovingkindness to nurture inner balance, harmony and ease.
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Presence and Compassion in a Violent World
28 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
As our societies unravel in fear and reactivity, we are called to live from our most awake and wise heart. This talk and meditation was first offered to Satyam, a community of Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals devoted to creating a future of justice, safety, freedom, and dignity for all. It invites us to move beyond the conditioning of "bad-othering," and to cultivate clarity, compassion, and the capacity to respond in ways that seed healing. Lees meer
In this talk, Tara explores:
how the trance of "bad othering" fuels division and how compassion can free us from blame.
the practice of the U-turn—turning inward with kindness to transform anger, fear, and grief into care.
the balance of a "strong back and soft front," cultivating courage and tenderness in times of violence.
how seeing the suffering beneath harmful actions allows us to meet others with wise compassion.
how presence, RAIN practice, and shared belonging can guide us toward healing and peace.
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Meditation: Resting in Knowing (22:11 min.)
28 augustus 2025 · 22 min
Behind the activity of thinking, and the ever-changing flow of sounds, sensations and feelings, there is a great and awake silence that holds all that unfolds. This space of awareness is our formless essence, and learning to open and rest into this alert, knowing vastness has the blessings of homecoming. Lees meer
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From Head to Heart
21 augustus 2025 · 1 uur 2 min
If we are suffering, we are believing an interpretation of reality that is limiting and untrue. At these times we are imprisoned in a painful looping of fear-driven thoughts and feelings. This talk explores the ways our practices of mindfulness, compassion and loving presence can guide us from addictive thinking to perceiving life with a wise heart. Lees meer
In this talk, Tara explores:
how fear-based thoughts create suffering and keep us locked in cycles of insecurity and separation.
* the pathway of moving from the prison of looping thoughts to the freedom of open-hearted presence.
* Ihow recognizing thoughts as "real but not true" opens the door to compassion and release.
* three pathways—returning to presence, awakening the heart, and resting in awareness—that guide us from head to heart.
* how mindfulness and loving awareness reconnect us with our wholeness and the joy of simply being.The post From Head to Heart appeared first on Tara Brach.
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Meditation: Opening to the Mystery (17:34 min)
21 augustus 2025 · 18 min
This guided meditation includes a body scan and invites the receptivity and letting-go of whole body breathing. Once we have awakened the vitality and presence throughout the body, we have access to the formless dimension, the awareness that is our source. The meditation closes with "Walk Slowly", from the poetry of Danna Faulds: Lees meer
"It only takes a reminder to breathe, a moment to be still, and just like that, something in me settles, softens, makes space for imperfection. The harsh voice of judgment drops to a whisper and I remember again that life isn't a relay race; that we will all cross the finish line; that waking up to life is what we were born for. As many times as I forget, catch myself charging forward without even knowing where I'm going, that many times I can make the choice to stop, to breathe, and be, and walk slowly into the mystery."
~ Danna Faulds
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Embodied Presence - Portal to the Sacred, Part 2
14 augustus 2025 · 54 min
This two part series explores how we regularly leave our body and skim life's surface in a mental trance, and the ways we can train our attention to come home again. We look at working with physical and emotional pain, and the gifts of love, wisdom, creativity and aliveness that arise as we learn to fully inhabit these living forms and all our senses with awareness. Lees meer
In this talk, Tara explores:
how embodied presence awakens love, creativity, and wisdom—inviting us to meet life's moments with full attention and an open heart.
the universal tendency to leave our bodies when discomfort arises, and how returning to direct sensation reconnects us to aliveness.
practical ways to stay present with physical and emotional pain, transforming "pain" into the changing flow of sensation.
mindful strategies like pendulating between ease and discomfort, softening resistance, and "resting in love" to reduce suffering.
how waking up in the body opens a portal to mystery, dissolving the small self and revealing our true nature as vast awareness.
The post Embodied Presence - Portal to the Sacred, Part 2 appeared first on Tara Brach.
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Meditation: Entering Heartspace with the "Smile-Down" (18:40 min.)
14 augustus 2025 · 19 min
The practice of visualizing and feeling a smile spreading through the body helps us access the natural tenderness and openness of our being. This meditation guides us in the smile-down, and then invites a full opening and resting in openhearted presence. We close by bringing that awake heart to an area of difficulty in our life. Lees meer
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Embodied Presence - Portal to the Sacred, Part 1
7 augustus 2025 · 52 min
This two part series explores how we regularly leave our body and skim life's surface in a mental trance, and the ways we can train our attention to come home again. We look at working with physical and emotional pain, and the gifts of love, wisdom, creativity and aliveness that arise as we learn to fully inhabit these living forms and all our senses with awareness. Lees meer
In part 1, Tara explores:
how embodied presence is the gateway to healing, love, and spiritual connection.
the four common trances—obsessive thinking, judgment, distraction, and rushing—and how they block presence.
how disconnection from the body fuels suffering, while mindful awareness restores empathy and wholeness.
practical ways to return to the body throughout daily life and expand our capacity for presence.
how slowing down, reconnecting with nature, and sensing the body open us to the sacred mystery of life.
https://www.tarabrach.com/embodied-presence-portal-to-the-sacred-part1-2/
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Meditation: Being Here (20:53 min.)
7 augustus 2025 · 21 min
We miss many moments of this precious life drifting in a virtual thought world. This meditation helps us collect and calm ourselves with the breath; relax through our bodies; and then include the changing dance of sounds, sensations and feeling in open awareness. Our practice is to recognize the quality of Hereness, and when we drift, return again to this open presence, relaxing with the changing flow of life. Lees meer
https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-being-here-2-2/
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Listening to the Song – Part 2
31 juli 2025 · 57 min
Listening is more than a communications skill, it is a capacity that awakens our awareness. And given our current times, this capacity is essential if we are to navigate the great divides that separate us from our inner life and others. As we learn to listen inwardly, we begin to understand and care for the fears and vulnerability that ask for our attention. And as we listen to others, that same intimacy emerges. In this two-part series we examine the blocks to listening and the practices that cultivate this essential domain of human potential. Our focus is both on the transformational power of listening in our personal lives, and also the necessity for deep listening if we are to bring healing to our wider society. Lees meer
In this talk, Tara explores:
listening as a spiritual path that heals wounds and deepens connection with ourselves and others.
how to quiet the "dense forest" of thoughts to meet others with presence and care.
practical ways to stay present—using anchors, pauses, and self-coaching in conversations.
how compassionate listening helps others feel seen, restoring a sense of aliveness and belonging.
listening as a bridge for reconciliation, revealing our shared humanity and capacity for healing.
https://www.tarabrach.com/listening-to-the-song-part2-2/
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Meditation: The Silence that is Listening (21:32 min.)
31 juli 2025 · 22 min
Listening to sound is opens up to the space of pure being. In this guided practice we begin by awakening through the body, and then explore listening to sounds and silence, and to inhabiting the receptive presence that is listening, awareness itself. Lees meer
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Listening to the Song – Part 1
24 juli 2025 · 58 min
Listening is more than a communications skill, it is a capacity that awakens our awareness. And given our current times, this capacity is essential if we are to navigate the great divides that separate us from our inner life and others. As we learn to listen inwardly, we begin to understand and care for the fears and vulnerability that ask for our attention. And as we listen to others, that same intimacy emerges. In this two-part series we examine the blocks to listening and the practices that cultivate this essential domain of human potential. Our focus is both on the transformational power of listening in our personal lives, and also the necessity for deep listening if we are to bring healing to our wider society. Lees meer
In this talk, Tara explores:
how listening softens distance between hearts and invites deeper connection.
"listening to the song" as a way to honor the essence beyond our roles and stories.
common obstacles to presence—distraction, fear, and agendas that block true listening.
how deep listening can help heal old wounds, allowing love and aliveness to flow more freely.
listening with an undefended heart, willing to be changed by what we hear.
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Meditation: The Sky-like Mind (20:29 min.)
24 juli 2025 · 20 min
This meditation begins with listening to sounds as a portal to spacious awareness. In addition to guiding attention to naturally occurring sounds, Tara plays chimes and gongs to deepen the experience of receptivity and openness. The meditation progresses to include all experience - sounds, sensations, thoughts, feelings - in the vast, transparent, timeless space of awareness. Lees meer
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The Healing Power of Imagination: Transform Yourself and the World, Part 2
18 juli 2025 · 55 min
What if a key to personal and collective transformation lies in reclaiming our deep capacities for presence and imagination? In this two-part series, we'll explore how mindfulness awakens us from the trance of fear and separation, reconnecting us with our innate clarity and compassion. And we'll discover how imagination, when grounded in presence, becomes a superpower—allowing us to envision new possibilities for our lives, our relationships, and our world. These talks include reflections that activate imagination in ways that can heal our hearts, deepen connection with others and help bring forth a more loving, just and awakened world. In this week's talk (Part 2), Tara explores: Lees meer
How shifting our perceptions through imagination can free us from habitual fear and separation.
The power of storytelling to awaken compassion and soften rigid patterns of reactivity.
How imagination helps us reconnect with our inner wholeness and sense of possibility.
The practice of mindful presence as a gateway to creative and loving awareness.
How we can reimagine our identity, releasing limiting beliefs and touching into our true belonging.
https://www.tarabrach.com/healing-power-of-imagination-2/
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Meditation: Pathway to Inner Peace (20:41 min.)
17 juli 2025 · 21 min
"Peace is this moment without judgment," writes poet Dorothy Hunt, "this moment in the heart-space where everything that is, is welcome." This meditation is a guide to opening to the truth of what's here, and meeting it with a gentle, allowing presence. As we do, we can touch the inner peace of non-judging awareness, and source our actions in that balance and wisdom. Lees meer
https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-pathway-to-inner-peace-2/
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The Healing Power of Imagination: Transform Yourself and the World, Part 1
10 juli 2025 · 1 uur 3 min
This two-talk series explores how spiritual imagination can awaken us to our deepest potential for healing and transformation. In times of fear and division, our imagination often contracts, fueling separation and suffering, yet through mindful presence we can reconnect with our basic goodness and the goodness in others. Through inquiry and story, we can imagine what's possible—personally and collectively—when we trust in our shared capacity for change, belonging, and wise hope. Lees meer
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Meditation: Resting in Wakeful Presence (18:55 min.)
10 juli 2025 · 19 min
This meditation scans through the body – arriving in the foreground with sounds, feelings and sensations, like the surface waves of the sea coming and going. And in the background, experiencing an alert inner stillness – a vast presence from which all activity pours forth. Lees meer
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Namaste: Honoring the Light in All Beings
3 juli 2025 · 1 uur 4 min
The ritual of Namaste – bowing to the sacred in ourselves and others – helps us live from the loving awareness that is our true nature. This talk looks at how we suffer because we forget this basic goodness, and explores the pathways of remembering that carry us home. Lees meer
In this talk, Tara explores
the sacred meaning of "Namaste" as a living practice—an invitation to see past the masks we wear and honor the light and goodness in all beings.
how our "spacesuit self"—a conditioned identity shaped by fear and separation—can obscure our true nature, and how mindfulness can awaken us to our shared spirit.
the pain of forgetting our basic goodness, and how suffering itself can be a portal—a chrysalis—guiding us back to presence, compassion, and spiritual belonging.
powerful stories of transformation, revealing how turning toward love and seeing the sacred in one another—even amidst deep harm—can open the way for healing and connection.
intentional practices to cultivate reverence, including mindful reflection, appreciation, and the embodied offering of Namaste as a path to awakening and collective healing.
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Meditation: From Head to Full Being
3 juli 2025 · 19 min
When we are lost inside thoughts we lose connection with our heart, aliveness and spirit. This meditation guides us to a wakeful presence and invites us to return over and over from virtual reality into the mysterious, tender vastness that is our true being. Lees meer
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Stories That Imprison Our Heart - Part 2
27 juni 2025 · 56 min
Our suffering arises from fear-based stories that are often outside our awareness. These include stories of our deficiency or importance, of being a victim, of being unseen or unloved, of facing failure or rejection. This is true collectively too. Lees meer
We have shared stories of bad "others" that fuel wars, shared stories of the value of continued growth in consumption and production that destroy our earth, shared stories of our human right to enslave and violate other animals. We have the capacity to bring the stories that separate and imprison us into the light of awareness, and with great compassion, loosen their grip. These two talks look at the ways fear-based stories create suffering, and how awakening from them reveals the freedom of our true, and universal, belonging.
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Meditation: Arriving in Embodied Presence (23:59 min)
26 juni 2025 · 24 min
This meditation guides you to arrive fully in embodied presence—awakening through the senses, relaxing into the breath, and gently returning to the aliveness of the here and now. With a nurturing blend of body scan, mindful breathing, and open awareness, you're guided to soften habitual tension and rest in a spacious, receptive presence. Lees meer
Whether you stay with a primary anchor or open to the changing flow of sensations and sound, this practice offers a refuge in stillness and self-compassion. A beautiful way to ground, reconnect, and simply be.
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Stories That Imprison Our Heart - Part 1
19 juni 2025 · 58 min
Our suffering arises from fear-based stories that are often outside our awareness. These include stories of our deficiency or importance, of being a victim, of being unseen or unloved, of facing failure or rejection. This is true collectively too. We have shared stories of bad "others" that fuel wars, shared stories of the value of continued growth in consumption and production that destroy our earth, shared stories of our human right to enslave and violate other animals. We have the capacity to bring the stories that separate and imprison us into the light of awareness, and with great compassion, loosen their grip. These two talks look at the ways fear-based stories create suffering, and how awakening from them reveals the freedom of our true, and universal, belonging. Lees meer
Includes a story from Frank Ostaseki's new book, The Five Invitations - https://fiveinvitations.com/
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Meditation: Homecoming to Our Life Breath (16:06 min.)
19 juni 2025 · 16 min
Perhaps the most universal place to collect and deepen attention is the breath. This meditation begins with an intentional breath that calms the nervous system, and then opens to a clear, intimate presence with our natural breathing. With breath as our home base, we practice returning again and again when the mind becomes distracted. As presence grows, we can let the breath be in the foreground, and include whatever waves of life come and go. This brings a quiet mind, and a peaceful, happy heart. Lees meer
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The Revolution of Tenderness - Part 2
13 juni 2025 · 47 min
These two talks explore our capacity to be tender - sensitive and responsive to ourselves and others. This capacity marks a radical evolutionary shift from a self-centered existence shaped by fear, to a life lived from the realization of our collective belonging and the preciousness of all life. The talks examine the conditioning that inclines us toward dissociation and emotional reactivity, and the practices of presence that evolve our heart and awareness. Lees meer
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Meditation: Breathing into Presence (19:46 min)
12 juni 2025 · 20 min
The breath can be our gateway into the boundless awareness that holds all life. This meditation begins with a breath that calms our nervous system, and then invites a relaxed presence with the breath and sensation that open us to the "universe breathing." Resting in awareness, we realize the wakefulness, peace and vitality of pure presence. Lees meer
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The Revolution of Tenderness - Part 1
5 juni 2025 · 1 uur
This two-talk series explores our capacity to be tender – sensitive and responsive to ourselves and others. This capacity marks a radical evolutionary shift from a self-centered existence shaped by fear, to a life lived from the realization of our collective belonging and the preciousness of all life. The talks examine the conditioning that inclines us toward dissociation and emotional reactivity, and the practices of presence that evolve our heart and awareness. Lees meer
~ from the talk: Pope Francis invites us to "live the revolution of tenderness," which is expressed through closeness, compassion and service…
Part 2 - coming soon!
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Meditation: Awake Awareness is Our Home (19:08 min)
5 juni 2025 · 19 min
This meditation guides us in awakening our awareness by opening to all our senses and recognizing the alert presence that is always, already here. By relaxing back into the presence over and over, we become familiar with the reality that is truly our home. Lees meer
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Introduction to Mindfulness: The Power of Heart Presence, Part 5
29 mei 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
The final session of this series explores the most powerful strategies Tara knows to bring mindfulness alive in all facets of daily living. These informal practices help our entire life to become an expression of our awakening and wise heart. Lees meer
Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, the foundational teachings of mindfulness—heart presence—offer a timeless medicine for navigating these challenging times. This fresh introductory series invites you to bring alive ancient practices in ways that are directly relevant to the emotions and reactivity arising in today's world. You'll be guided to discover an inner refuge—a way to meet your personal life and our collective world with greater presence and wisdom, courage and love.
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Meditation: Lighting Up Your Energy Body
29 mei 2025 · 18 min
Our being has many frequencies of aliveness and as we attend to the more subtle, we discover a portal to the radiant awareness that is always here. This meditation guides us in using the breath and attention as we scan through the body and awaken an inner luminosity. We then open the attention to rest in the whole field of awake awareness. Lees meer
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Introduction to Mindfulness: Mindfulness of Thoughts – Part 4
22 mei 2025 · 54 min
This talk examines how the trance of thinking imprisons us, veiling our full aliveness, love, and spiritual essence. Through contemplative reflections and short guided practices, we'll explore pathways to awaken from this trance and open to the light, awareness, and wholeness of who we truly are. Lees meer
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Meditation: Cultivating a Mindful Awareness
22 mei 2025 · 18 min
Mindfulness means paying attention on purpose to our moment-to-moment experience. This meditation invites us to collect our attention with the breath and use the breath as a home base for mindful presence. We then include whatever is predominant, recognizing and allowing the changing flow. The blessing of this practice is simple and beautiful: We are learning to be here for our life. Lees meer
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Introduction to Mindfulness: The Power of Heart Presence – Part 3 (of a 5-week series)
15 mei 2025 · 54 min
Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, the foundational teachings of mindfulness—heart presence—offer a timeless medicine for navigating these challenging times. Lees meer
This fresh introductory series invites you to bring alive ancient practices in ways that are directly relevant to the emotions and reactivity arising in today's world. You'll be guided to discover an inner refuge—a way to meet your personal life and our collective world with greater presence and wisdom, courage and love.
In this session, we explore how mindfulness and heartfulness can transform our relationship with emotions, revealing them as gateways to the full aliveness, tenderness, and clarity of awake awareness.
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Meditation: Living Presence with Body Scan
15 mei 2025 · 21 min
This meditation guides us to awaken to our senses through scanning through the body and then listening to sounds. When distracted by thoughts we relax open again and again, learning to rest in the formless awareness that includes sounds, sensations and all passing experience. Lees meer
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Introduction to Mindfulness: Part 2 - The Power of Heart Presence
8 mei 2025 · 1 uur 4 min
NOTE - Tara offers a meditation you can use as a practice during this introduction series: Mindfulness Meditation—Intimacy with our Inner Life. Lees meer
Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, the foundational teachings of mindfulness—heart presence—offer a timeless medicine for navigating these challenging times. This fresh introductory series invites you to bring alive ancient practices in ways that are directly relevant to the emotions and reactivity arising in today's world. You'll be guided to discover an inner refuge—a way to meet your personal life and our collective world with greater presence and wisdom, courage and love.
In this session, we explore how to awaken mindful awareness of sensations—the first foundation of mindfulness and the ground of all experience. Everything we cherish—love, wisdom, wonder, creativity—arises from embodied presence. To truly receive the gifts of the path, we need to be here: awake, present, and intimate with the living currents of sensation.
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Meditation: Relaxed and Alert
8 mei 2025 · 21 min
This meditation begins with a period of relaxing and collecting our attention with intentional long deep breathing. We then deepen embodied presence, and widen to the awareness that includes sounds, sensations, feelings, breath, and all experience. When the mind drifts from this open, awake awareness, we gently return, re-relaxing and resting in an easeful, alert presence. Recorded at Tara's Wednesday night class, the meditation includes chanting of OM's and ends with a sense of melting into community. Lees meer
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Introduction to Mindfulness: The Power of Heart Presence – Part 1
1 mei 2025 · 57 min
NOTE - Tara offers a meditation you can use as a practice during this introduction series: Mindfulness Meditation—Intimacy with our Inner Life. Lees meer
Whether you are new to meditation or an experienced practitioner, the foundational teachings of mindfulness—heart presence—offer a timeless medicine for navigating these challenging times. This fresh introductory series invites you to bring alive ancient practices in ways that are directly relevant to the emotions and reactivity arising in today's world. You'll be guided to discover an inner refuge—a way to meet your personal life and our collective world with greater presence and wisdom, courage and love.
In this first session, we explore what makes mindfulness truly transformational: the flow of effective training, the power of aspiration, how to use the breath as a home base, and the attitudes that support a steady, strong, and liberating practice. As poet W. S. Merwin writes, "Little breath, breathe me gently, row me gently, for I am a river I am learning to cross."