Tara Brach
by Tara Brach
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Medicine for the Lonely Heart - Part One
Medicine for the Lonely Heart - Part One
About this podcast
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.
Episodes
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- Medicine for the Lonely Heart - Part One · 57 minWhat if the loneliness we feel—even when surrounded by others—is a longing for a deeper connection with ourselves and with life? In Part One of Medicine for the Lonely Heart…
- Meditation: The Space of Loving Awareness (20:18 min) · 20 minIn this guided meditation, Tara Brach invites us to discover the spaciousness of loving awareness by gently awakening through our senses. As we soften the body and bring…
- Your Future Self Turning Towards Your Awakened Heart-Mind · 56 minIn this talk, Tara Brach explores how we can awaken to our deepest potential by connecting with our future self—the wise, loving, and compassionate awareness that is already…
- Meditation: Vipassana - Insight or Mindfulness (20:44 min) · 21 minIn this guided meditation, Tara Brach invites us into the practice of Vipassana, or insight meditation, gently awakening to the present moment through mindful awareness of the…
- The Wings of Awakening – Self-Honesty & Love · 1 h 5 minWhen we struggle with fear, shame, or feelings of unworthiness, we often add another layer of suffering by judging ourselves for what we feel. These deeply conditioned patterns…
- Meditation: Arriving in Open Presence (18:24 min) · 18 minIn this guided meditation, Tara Brach invites us to settle into the stillness of the present moment and rediscover the open, awake awareness that is always here. Through gentle…
- Cultivating a Courageous Heart - Part 2 · 1 h 0 minHow do we keep our hearts open when our world is filled with fear, anger, uncertainty and division? Tara continues our exploration of how mindfulness and compassion can help us…
- Meditation: Calling on Loving Presence (19:05 min.) · 19 minIn this guided meditation, Tara Brach invites us to discover the healing power of calling on loving presence—a practice of taking refuge in compassion, opening to our deepest…
- Cultivating a Courageous Heart – Part 1 · 50 minHow do we keep our hearts open when our world is filled with fear, anger, uncertainty and division? In Part 1 of Cultivating a Courageous Heart, we explore how mindfulness and…
- Meditation: Everything Belongs (20:31 min.) · 21 minIn this guided meditation, we explore the freedom that comes from allowing our experience to be just as it is. Beginning with the breath and a gentle body scan, we soften…
- The Healing Power of Imagination: Transform Yourself and the World, Part 2 · 58 minWhat becomes possible when we learn to imagine from presence rather than fear? In Part 2 of this series, Tara explores spiritual imagination as a powerful capacity for healing…
- Meditation: Alert Inner Stillness (20:34 Min.) · 21 minBehind the changing sounds, sensations, feelings and thoughts is an alert inner stillness that is purely aware. This meditation begins with accessing the receptivity of a smile…
- The Healing Power of Imagination: Transform Yourself and the World, Part 1 · 1 h 6 minWhat becomes possible when we learn to imagine from presence rather than fear? In Part 1 of this series, Tara explores spiritual imagination as a powerful capacity for healing…
- Meditation: Embodied Metta (20:07 min.) · 20 minIn this guided meditation, Tara Brach invites us into an embodied practice of metta—loving-kindness—awakening a felt sense of openness, warmth and care throughout the body…
- Pathways to Trusting the Gold · 1 h 5 minWhat would it mean to truly trust the goodness that lives within you? In this talk, Tara Brach explores what she calls "trusting the gold"—awakening from the stories of…
- Meditation: Resting in Reality (24 min) · 24 minIn this guided meditation, Tara Brach invites us to relax out of the thinking mind and return to the living presence of the moment. Through a gentle body scan, awareness of…
- The Wise Heart of Radical Acceptance · 1 h 7 minWhat would your life be like if you were no longer at war with your imperfections? In this talk, Tara explores Radical Acceptance as a pathway out of self-judgment, shame and the…
- Meditation: Aware and Alive (20 min.) · 20 minJust as a cup is full with water, this body is filled with awareness. As we sense the awareness inside the body, and the awareness that listens to sounds beyond the body, we…
- Ask Me Anything, Part 3: Tara Answers Questions on Forgiveness, Injustice & Compassionate Parenting · 26 minHow do we keep our hearts open when we've been deeply hurt? How do we respond to injustice without becoming consumed by anger? And how can we love without trying to control or…
- Meditation: Inner Refuge of Calm (20:25 min.) · 20 minIn this guided meditation, we explore the possibility of finding an inner refuge of calm—a presence that can hold whatever is moving through our lives. Beginning with the…
- Ask Me Anything: Questions & Responses with Tara - Part II · 48 minHow do we return to presence when we're overwhelmed? How do we heal the trance of unworthiness, navigate difficult relationships, set healthy boundaries—and find compassion…
- Meditation: Basic Body Scan (20 min.) · 20 minIn this guided body scan meditation, we explore a simple and nourishing pathway into presence—awakening awareness through the living sensations of the body. Beginning with a…
- A Path with Joy — A conversation between Tara Brach and James Baraz · 1 h 9 minHow much joy do you experience in your life? Joy is part of our natural human capacity—along with the grief, fear, and sorrow that arise in response to the losses and suffering…
- Meditation: Relax into Happiness (19:38 min.) · 20 minWhat if happiness is not something we need to create or strive for, but something we discover when we soften and let go? In this guided meditation, we awaken through the body…
- Listening to the Song: The Transformative Power of Deep Listening - Part 2 · 57 minWhat becomes possible when we truly listen—to ourselves, to one another and to the life around us? In part 2 of this two-part series, we'll continue to explore listening as a…
- Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care (16:05 min.) · 16 minIn this guided meditation, we cultivate an embodied sense of acceptance, kindness and care—learning to meet each moment with a friendly, allowing presence. Beginning with the…
- Listening to the Song: The Transformative Power of Deep Listening, Part 1 · 56 minWhat becomes possible when we truly listen—to ourselves, to one another and to the life around us? In part 1 of this two-part series, we'll explore listening as a profound…
- Remembering Our True Home (15:44 min.) · 16 minIn this guided meditation, we turn attention inward and come into intimate presence with the life that is here. Beginning with the body, breath and sensations, we gradually open…
- Namaste: Honoring the Light in All Beings · 1 h 3 minWhat does it truly mean to say Namaste? In this talk, we'll look at the deeper invitation behind this ancient greeting—not merely as a gesture, but as a living practice of…
- Meditation: Being Here (21:22 min.) · 21 minThis guided meditation invites you to come home to the simple aliveness of this moment. Through mindful breathing, softening the body, and resting in the awareness that is…
- Meditation: At Home in the Moment (21:02 min) · 21 minWhen we pause and gently return to the living experience of this moment, we begin to discover a refuge that has always been here. This guided meditation invites you to relax the…
- Ask Me Anything (Part 1): Fear, Self-Compassion, Grief, Trauma & Awakening · 47 minWhat is the difference between having goals and living from aspiration? How do we respond when fear takes over? What if self-compassion feels impossible? How do we forgive…
- Stories That Imprison Our Heart - Part 2 · 55 minThe stories we believe shape the life we experience—but they are not the truth of who we are. In Part 2 of Stories That Imprison Our Heart, we explore how fear-based narratives…
- Meditation: The Breath - Portal to Presence · 20 minIn this guided meditation, you're invited to discover the breath as a refuge—a steady anchor that can return you, again and again, to the aliveness of this moment. As we soften…
- Stories That Imprison Our Heart - Part 1 · 56 minMuch of our suffering begins not with reality itself, but with the stories we believe about ourselves, others, and the world. In this first talk of a two-part series, I explore…
- Meditation: The Art of Letting Go (19:32 min.) · 20 minWhen life feels overwhelming, our first instinct is often to tighten, resist, or try to control what is unfolding. Yet true freedom begins when we discover the courage to soften…
- Worrier Pose: Finding Freedom from the Body of Fear (retreat talk) · 1 h 1 minFear is part of being human. We can't stop life's waves from coming—but we can learn how to meet them with awareness, compassion, and courage. In this talk, I explore how…
- Meditation: Know that You're Here (19:37 min) · 20 minOne of the great gifts of mindfulness is discovering that we can always begin again. In this guided meditation, I invite you to return to the aliveness of the present moment…
- The Dance with Pain · 57 minPhysical pain is part of being human—but suffering arises from how we relate to it. In this talk, I explore how mindfulness and compassion can transform our relationship with…
- Meditation: Gladdening the Mind (18:31 min) · 19 minThe Buddha taught that one of the most powerful ways to begin meditation is by gladdening the mind—remembering what we love, resting in gratitude, and opening to the goodness…
- Spiritual Reparenting · 57 minMany of us carry a deep sense that something is wrong with us—that we are not enough, not lovable, or somehow disconnected from belonging. Yet beneath these conditioned beliefs…
- Meditation: Awakening an Intimate Presence (21 min) · 21 minWhat if the peace and presence you long for is already here—closer than you imagine? In this guided meditation, we explore the practice of awakening an intimate presence with…
- Widening the Circles of Care · 1 h 2 minWhat helps us widen our circles of care and awaken a more inclusive, compassionate heart? As we navigate political division, collective uncertainty, and personal challenges…
- Meditation: Mindful Body Scan (10:06 min.) · 10 minThis guided meditation invites us to reconnect with the aliveness that is here in this very moment by bringing a kind and mindful attention through the body. Moving slowly from…
- Waking Up from the Victim Trance · 1 h 1 minMost of us know what it is like to feel emotionally reactive—hurt by others, overwhelmed by circumstances, horrified by what is unfolding in our world, betrayed by our own body…
- Meditation: Relaxing Back into the Mystery (18:48 min.) · 19 minAll true meditation guides us back to presence, and the mystery that is our source. In this guided meditation we awaken the senses, collect with the breath, and when lost in…
- Living with a Courageous Heart: Tami Simon in Conversation with Tara Brach · 1 h 3 minIn a recent conversation on Tami Simon's podcast Insights at the Edge, Tara and Tami reflected on themes from The Courageous Heart Workbook: Choosing to Love in Perilous Times…
- Meditation: A Listening Presence | Tara Brach · 20 minIn this guided meditation, Tara invites us to discover the healing power of a listening presence—an awake and receptive awareness that allows us to come home to the aliveness of…
- Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love, Part 4 - Equanimity · 53 minEquanimity unfolds as we find a wise balance and spaciousness in the midst of this living, dying world. This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart…
- Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence (22:25 min) · 22 minIn this guided meditation, we explore the healing power of embodied presence—awakening through the living intelligence of the body and relaxing into the spacious awareness that…
