Tara Brach

By: Tara Brach
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  • Tara Brach, Ph.D is an internationally known meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance, True Refuge and Radical Compassion. Tara shares a weekly guided meditation and talk that address 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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  • Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Part 3
    Jan 23 2025

    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 of this practice, we look at how we can reconnect with the gold of our true nature, navigating life’s challenges with mindfulness and love.


    In Part 3, Tara explores:

    • How the RAIN practice fosters compassion and connection by dismantling barriers to belonging.
    • The three primary blocks to compassion: self-centered attention, creating a "bad other," and fear of overwhelm.
    • How "stealth metta" and the mantra "We are friends" can soften our habitual biases and awaken kindness.
    • The transformative power of seeing the "goodness behind the mask" in ourselves and others.
    • The practice of Tonglen - breathing in suffering and breathing out care, to transform pain into a source of strength and connection.
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    46 mins
  • Meditation: Receiving Life in Open Awareness (16:06 min)
    Jan 23 2025

    Our habit is to try to manage our experience from a mental control tower. This meditation awakens us through the body, and then invites us to rest in that vast presence that includes the changing flow of life. When we inhabit that openness, there’s a natural arising of peace, wakefulness and tenderness.

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    16 mins
  • Part 2 - Radical Compassion - Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing
    Jan 16 2025

    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 of this practice, we look at how we can reconnect with the gold of our true nature, navigating life’s challenges with mindfulness and love.

    In Part 2, Tara explores:

    • How unmet needs and emotional reactivity block authentic connection in relationships.
    • The "limbic controller" and its strategies, such as blame, avoidance, and pretending, that create distance in relationships.
    • The transformative power of the RAIN practice in healing relational patterns and fostering deeper intimacy.
    • The importance of recognizing the "goodness behind the mask" in ourselves and others to bridge separation.
    • Stories and reflections that illustrate the healing potential of Radical Compassion in even the most challenging relationships.
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    59 mins

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Calm and informative talks and meditation

Tara had a lovely voice. Her talks are really interesting. The mediations are the best I have listened to.

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A game changer

Tara is plugged in to the main Source. Her wisdom is accessible, elegant, funny, and very manageable in incorporating into everyday life. Her meditations transport me. What a gift.

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Tara is an insightful & wise person

I have listened to many of Tara’s podcasts and books and am always impressed by her insightful approach to the reality of life’s ups and downs. Highly recommend her meditations, conversations & books which I always find very helpful in focusing on what might be going on in my head and heart.

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