In a world where the pace and magnitude of change is beyond anything ever experienced by humans, we are being... more

This guided practice begins with a conscious breath that relaxes the body and mind, and then a body scan to... more

Gratitude arises when we are in sacred relationship with life—present, open and receptive. This talk explores how central gratitude is... more

Taking in the Goodness: Rumi said, “Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of... more

Most of us value honesty yet are not aware of how regularly we avoid facing what’s difficult inside us,... more

Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in bringing a clear, mindful attention to our moment-to-moment experience. We begin... more

This conversation includes what turned Tara toward a path of compassion in her early life, the evolution of the RAIN... more

Love is often abstract, and not fully alive. In this practice, with the supportive image and felt sense of a... more

Thich Nhat Hanh said “no mud, no lotus.”  How might anger, hatred and delusion—the mud of these times-- give rise to... more

During times of great collective stress, it’s common to get gripped by waves of anxiety and fear. This guided meditation,... more

In the face of violence, hatred and loss, how do we handle the reactivity we feel? Our own anger, hatred... more

By bringing our full attention to the aliveness in the body, we can open to the experience of interior space... more

In the face of violence, hatred and loss, how do we handle the reactivity we feel? Our own anger, hatred... more

When we fully inhabit our body, we discover the space and wakefulness of awareness itself. In this meditation, we rest... more

The gift of meditation is awakening to the vast, radiant ever-creative beingness that is beyond the confines of a constricting... more

When we’re having difficulty, we typically tense up our body and mind, and armor our heart. This practice offers a... more

How do we meet the violence and suffering in our world with a quality of openheartedness and wisdom? In this... more

Most of us know the suffering of feeling separate from others. In this guided meditation, we explore how we can... more

This guided meditation helps us cultivate a friendly relationship with our experience. Using the image of a smile, we... more

I ran across acclaimed poet, Rosemerry Trommer, several years ago in a volume where she shares about the loss... more

There is no more relevant exploration than how we awaken to our connection as family, as belonging to this precious... more

Behind the activity of thinking, and the ever-changing flow of sounds, sensations and feelings, there is a great and awake... more

Given how our biases create separation and unfold into violence and suffering, this is a crucial domain for each of... more

Collecting, unifying and opening the mind, we begin with a listening attention, noticing sounds that are here. Relaxing open and... more

Happiness and freedom arise as we include all parts of our being in a loving awareness. In this talk we... more

Starting with scanning through the body and awakening the senses, we then rest in presence, with the breath as a... more

In this conversation, Tara Brach and Gabor Maté come together to explore the heart-wrenching situation in Gaza through the lens... more

This guided meditation offers a pathway to quieting our mind and calming anxiety. We begin with long deep breathing, and... more

This talk continues the exploration of what causes our distrust of ourselves, others and life, and the pathways to realizing... more

This meditation includes a full body scan, and then opens the senses to all experience, allowing life to be just... more

One of the expressions of an awakened heart-mind is a basic trust in reality. These talks explore the severed belonging... more

By not resisting, by letting the waves wash through us, we begin to relax. Rather than fighting the stormy surges,... more

Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suffering when, due... more

This meditation guides us through a relaxing body scan and then explores how we can allow the breath to calm... more

Desire is intrinsic to all living forms – the urge to exist and flourish. It turns to suffering when, due... more

When our hearts open to the life that is here, just as it is, we discover vast loving presence.... more

One expression of suffering is forgetting that we are intrinsically lovable and worthy. This talk looks at the pathway to... more

This practice uses the image and felt sense of a smile as we scan through the body, include sound and... more

Our human loneliness and suffering arise from getting identified in a mental ego, and separating ourselves from the living web... more

This guided meditation includes a full body scan, and the recognition of the formless awareness that includes and is the... more

If we are suffering, we are believing an interpretation of reality that is limiting and untrue. At these times we... more

This guided practice awakens all the senses with an embodied presence, allowing an opening to the moment-to-moment changing flow of... more

In describing our human predicament and dis-ease, D.H. Lawrence says we are like a great tree with our roots in... more

The receptivity of listening awakens us to the living stream of life. This meditation guides us in listening to sounds,... more

In describing our human predicament and dis-ease, D.H. Lawrence says we are like a great tree with our roots in... more

This meditation includes a full body scan, and then opens the senses to all experience, allowing life to be just... more

The focus of this conversation is on our relationships with dogs, and more broadly, all beings. We look at what... more

Our being has many frequencies of aliveness and as we attend to the more subtle, we discover a portal to... more

Martin Luther King’s term, “Beloved Community,” points to our potential for living together with love, justice and respect. This talk... more

The pathway to presence does not involve efforts or striving. As you will find in this simple, gentle meditation, a... more

This guided practice helps us come into our senses through a body scan. We then rest in the awareness that... more

If we realized how profoundly our chronic judgment creates separation and blocks the flow of love, we’d dedicate more deeply... more

As we relax and awaken through our physical body, we discover the formless dimension of awareness or spirit that permeates... more

This 3- part series explores three capacities we all have, that when cultivated, bring spiritual awakening and serve the healing... more

The attitude of meditation is one of engaged listening – a relaxed, receptive yet intimate attention. This meditation explores how... more

This 3- part series explores three capacities we all have, that when cultivated, bring spiritual awakening and serve the healing... more

Only in silence and presence do we realign with what matters to our hearts. This simple practice of arriving in... more

This 3-part series explores three capacities we all have, that when cultivated, bring spiritual awakening and serve the healing of... more

The pathway to experiencing full aliveness and openheartedness is by awakening awareness throughout the body. This meditation begins by establishing... more

The pace of change is speeding up and much of the news we receive is alarming. More than ever, we... more

When we learn to listen to our inner life without interference, we open to a tender and full experience of... more

We have strong conditioning to identify as a separate self, and to feel all the fears and attachments that arise... more

This practice brings attention to the continuous space within and around the body, and the aliveness of sound, sensation and... more

Many are familiar with the Dali Lama’s words “My religion is kindness.” In this conversation you will sense the gritty... more

When we attune to the inner body, we discover a field of energy and aliveness that is the portal to... more

Mindfulness and compassion, when brought to our wounded heart, have the capacity to rewire our brain and free our spirit.... more

In times of stress, it’s crucial that we have pathways to quiet our minds, relax our bodies and rest in... more

Just as presence is the heart of meditation, so deep listening is at the center of all conscious, loving relationships.... more

The attitude of meditation is one of engaged listening – a relaxed, receptive yet intimate attention. This meditation explores how... more

In this conversation, recorded for the acclaimed podcast, No Small Endeavor, award winning theologian Lee C. Camp interviews Tara about... more

One translation of mindfulness, in Chinese, is “present heart.” In this guided meditation we begin by awakening through the body... more

Connirae Andreas was one of the first trainers in neurolinguistic programming (NLP), developed and wrote a book on the Core... more

If we can recognize thoughts as thoughts, it becomes possible to open from virtual to living reality. This meditation guides... more

Stress and overwhelm are spiking around the globe. This talk explores how we can practice with the arising of stress... more

This meditation guides us in embodying loving presence through a body scan, and then meeting whatever arises with a tender... more

How do we process and respond to increasing societal oppression and violence? What helps us transform the energies of fear,... more

This meditation calls on the image and felt sense of a smile as we scan through the body, and invites... more

Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the... more

Meditation becomes truly freeing in the moments when there is no controlling whatsoever; when nothing is resisted or grasped after.... more

Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the... more

We spend great swaths of time in a trance that removes us from awareness of our body and senses. This... more

Executive coach and author Stephen Josephs has worked with many top business leaders, guiding them in transcending the egoic conditioning... more

Our pathway to peace and happiness is through opening, with tenderness, to our moment-to-moment experience. This meditation guides us first... more

While it’s natural to try to control our life experience, our chronic controlling cuts us off from presence and obscures... more

This meditation awakens our senses, then guides us to rest in the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts,... more

What is the Path to Peace? A conversation with Tara Brach and Assaf Katz - Assaf Katz is an activist... more

This meditation begins with a period of relaxing and collecting our attention with intentional long, deep breathing. We then deepen... more

Letting Go of Controlling – Part 1: The Path of Freedom - While it’s natural to try to control our... more

Meditation: Letting Go… Letting Be - This guided meditation invites us to imagine a clenched fist relaxing open, and... more

Changing Unhealthy Habits of Eating - A Conversation between Tara and Judson Brewer - Countless people live with shame... more

Meditation: Listening to our Heart - True listening arouses an open receptive presence that can be truly healing. This meditation... more

How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 2 - The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the... more

Meditation: Receiving Life in Open, Awake Awareness - This meditation awakens a receptive attention to the senses, starting with... more

How Hope Can Heal and Free Us – Part 1 - The mature expression of hope includes three elements: the... more

Meditation: Awakening Our Full Aliveness -  We cut off from our aliveness when we are lost in thoughts and... more

Coming Home to True Refuge - While we habitually try to control our life, our true refuge—the source of peace,... more

Meditation: Energy and Source - Our incessant thinking removes us from the full aliveness, vastness and mystery of Being.... more

The Sacred Pause - When we are lost in the trance of doing, our lives are on automatic, and contracted... more

Meditation: Opening to the Mystery - This guided meditation includes a body scan and invites the receptivity and letting-go... more

Finding True Belonging in the Midst of Stress - Our deepest longing is to feel our belonging to each other... more

Meditation: Relaxed and Awake - This guided meditation helps us find ease and wakefulness in our body and mind.... more

Awakening from Trance – Embracing Unlived Life - When physical or emotional pain is too much, our conditioning is to... more

Meditation: Opening to the Sea of Presence - When our body and mind is relaxed, we become filled with... more

Basic Goodness and Awe: A conversation between Tara Brach and Dacher Keltner - Our conversation covers the biological, evolutionary and cultural... more

Guided Meditation: Whole Body Breathing - This guided meditation includes a body scan and invites the receptivity and letting-go of... more

How Do We Bridge the Divides? - The divides in our world can only exist if we humans are divided... more

Meditation: Breathing Our Way to Peace & Freedom - This meditation guides us in collecting attention with an intentional... more

A Generous Heart - Our deep potential is to live from an awake, loving heart. This talk looks at how,... more

Meditation: The Space of Loving Awareness - This meditation begins by guiding us through a scan: opening to inner... more

Becoming Happier: Conversation with Tara Brach and Arthur Brooks - The Dalai Lama regularly says that everyone wants to be... more

Meditation: Refuge of Living Presence - Our thoughts keep us removed from this living world. This guided practice invites us... more

The Wise Heart of Radical Acceptance - When we are caught in self-judgment, we forget the truth of who... more

Meditation: Relaxing Back and Saying Yes to the Moment -  When we are stressed, our conditioning is to tighten our... more

Mindful Glimpses: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Loch Kelly - Loch Kelly is an author, psychotherapist and highly respected meditation... more

Meditation: The Sea of Awareness - Our attention habitually fixates on the foreground of thoughts and feelings, and fuels an... more

A Conversation with Tara and Stephen Fulder: What is our Refuge in the Midst of Crisis - Stephen Fulder is... more

Meditation: Awake and Alive - This guided practice includes a body scan, and an opening to the awareness that includes... more

Four Spiritual Inquiries: Finding Heart Wisdom in Painful Times - When we get stuck in difficult emotions like hatred, anger... more

Meditation: Relaxing with Life - This meditation includes a mindful body scan and guidance in relaxing with the changing waves... more