Fear Fuels Heart Armor, Craving Connection Remains
There's a reason we armor our heart, and it's 'cause of fear. I mean, our deepest longing is to feel connected and belonging, and our deepest fear is to feel rejected, humiliated, pushed away. #TaraBrach #ChoosingToLove #Mindfulness #Compassion #SelfCompassion Presence LovingAwareness HeartPractice MeditationPractice MindfulLiving
Guided Meditation: Relaxing Back Into the Mystery | Tara Brach
Tara Brach’s guided meditation, titled “Relaxing Back into the Mystery,” invites listeners to settle into stillness, focus on the breath felt in the heart, and articulate a personal intention for the practice. The session proceeds with a systematic body scan—softening shoulders,...
Present Heart, The Universal Expressions of Love, Part 4 - Equanimity | Tara Brach
Tara Brach opens this Wednesday session with a guided body‑scan meditation that invites listeners to soften each body part, smile into the heart, and settle into a field of sensation. The practice serves as a gateway to the week’s theme—equanimity—one...
Guided Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence | Tara Brach
The video is a guided meditation by Tara Brach that centers on cultivating presence through systematic bodily awareness. Listeners are led to scan from the brow to the feet, softening tension and inviting a subtle inner smile that expands through...
The Courageous Heart Workbook
The video announces the launch of the Courageous Heart Workbook, a new companion guide titled “Choosing to Love in Perilous Times.” Its creator explains that the book gathers meditations, reflections and inquiry prompts aimed at people feeling distressed by current...
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[Part 3] Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love - Joy | Tara Brach
Tara Brach’s third installment in the "Present Heart" series explores joy as a universal expression of love, framing it within a guided meditation that visualizes a smiling sky and an open heart space. The session blends live meditation instructions with...
Guided Meditation: Awareness Is Our Home | Tara Brach
Tara Brach leads a guided meditation that centers on breathing into the heart and scanning the body to release tension, cultivate present-moment awareness, and soften habitual mental contractions. She frames awareness as a vast, inclusive “home” that can hold sensations,...
Flourishing in an Unraveling World: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Richard Davidson
The conversation centers on Richard Davidson’s new book, *Born to Flourish*, which defines flourishing as a state of full presence, connection, curiosity, purpose, and an underlying sense that "everything will be okay." Davidson frames these qualities as innate human capacities...
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[Guided Meditation] Vipassana: The Practice of Seeing Clearly | Tara Brach
Tara Brach leads a guided Vipassana meditation that emphasizes “seeing clearly” by scanning the body and anchoring attention. She instructs listeners to relax each region—from eyes and tongue to shoulders, belly, pelvis, and feet—using imagery like melting ice. The breath or...
Seeing Through Each Other's Eyes Creates Shared Compassion
What’s looking out through your eyes is what’s looking out through mine. #TaraBrach #ChoosingToLove #Mindfulness #Compassion #SelfCompassion Presence LovingAwareness HeartPractice MeditationPractice MindfulLiving
Compassion in Times of Conflict—A Conversation with Tara, Paul Gilbert, and Rick Hanson
In a timely dialogue moderated by Rick Hanson, psychologist Paul Gilbert, meditation teacher Tara, and neuroplasticity expert Rick Hanson explore how compassion can be cultivated as a strategic response to interpersonal and intergroup conflict. The conversation bridges evolutionary neuroscience with...
Choosing Love in the Present Moment
Is it possible to choose to love in this moment? #tarabrach #mindfulness #meditation #compassion #lovingkindness
Your Awake Heart Is Calling You: Healing Separation and Returning to Loving Presence | Tara Brach
Tara Brach’s archived talk, “Your Awake Heart Is Calling You,” explores how the human capacity for compassion underpins civilization and how fear‑driven separateness erodes that foundation. Drawing on Margaret Mead’s anecdote about a healed femur as evidence of early communal...
Guided Meditation: Listening to Our Heart | Tara Brach
Tara Brach leads a guided meditation that begins with deliberate breathing, inviting listeners to settle into a natural rhythm before turning attention inward. The practice quickly shifts from auditory focus to a full‑body scan, encouraging a "listening presence" that perceives...
Love Based Activism: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Mohsen Mahdawi - Part 2
The video is the second half of a dialogue between meditation teacher Tara Brach and activist Mohsen Mahdawi, exploring how love‑based activism can be rooted in mindfulness practice. Brach leads a detailed body‑scan meditation that invites listeners to notice sensations,...