…fear, scared of fear, is fighting fear to the awareness that’s relating to fear. From fight-flight-freeze to attend and befriend. So this is what we are going to be exploring…
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Blog: The Trance of Fear
All of us live with fear. Whenever fear takes over, we’re caught in what I call the trance of fear. As we tense in anticipation of what may go wrong,…
Blog: Lessons from Kayaking: Finding a way to be with fear
Most of us spend a lot of our lives tensed up in fear, or pushing against fear. The fear might be fear of: Something going wrong Not being good enough…
Blog: Lessons from kayaking: Finding a way to be with fear
Most of us spend a lot of our lives tensed up in fear, or pushing against fear. The fear might be fear of: – something going wrong – not being…
Blog: Working with Fear – article in Modern Maturity Magazine
…fear, but how do we make peace with it? Can we find a way to wisely relate to fear, so that it doesn’t take over and prevent us from living…
Working with Fear – article in Modern Maturity Magazine
…fear, but how do we make peace with it? Can we find a way to wisely relate to fear, so that it doesn’t take over and prevent us from living…
Meeting Fear with a Wise Heart – Part 2
These talks investigate how fear, nature’s protector, proliferates and becomes a trance of fear and the cause of deep suffering. We look at the “body of fear”- the thoughts, physicality,…
Meeting Fear with a Wise Heart – Part 1
These talks investigate how fear, nature’s protector, proliferates and becomes a trance of fear and the cause of deep suffering. We look at the “body of fear”- the thoughts, physicality,…
Resources: Working with Fear and Trauma
…resources to help you explore your relationship with fear: Talks on Working with Fear and Trauma Meditations on Working with Fear and Trauma Other Resources on Working with Fear and…
Facing Fear (Part 1) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart
…RAIN meditation can help us face fear, and discover the boundless loving awareness that includes but is not contracted by currents of fear. How did the rose ever open up…
Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart
…RAIN meditation can help us face fear, and discover the boundless loving awareness that includes but is not contracted by currents of fear. Life’s water flows from darkness. Search the…
Love and Fear During Times of War: An Interview with Lama Rod Owens
…with a lot of fear right now and it is even easier to react out of that fear was well. When we react out of fear we tend to create…
Awakening Your Fearless Heart – 6-Week Online Course
Awakening Your Fearless Heart – a 6-Week Online Course with Tara Brach. Course begins on Thursday 9/19 Fear can paralyze us and keep us from realizing our deepest…
Part 1: Relating to Fearsome Deities
Our relationship to fear shapes our life experience. If we are unconscious, and reflexively try to manage fear, our identity takes the shape of the body of fear. If instead…
Mindfulness Strategies for Working with Trauma and Strong Fear
View or download a print-friendly PDF version. For More Resources on Fear, See Working with Fear There are a number of mindfulness-based strategies that can temporarily calm us when fear…
Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart
…RAIN meditation can help us face fear, and discover the boundless loving awareness that includes but is not contracted by currents of fear. In the deeps are the violence and…
Facing Fear (Part 1) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart
…RAIN meditation can help us face fear, and discover the boundless loving awareness that includes but is not contracted by currents of fear. It’s the heart that begins to sense…
Awakening from the Trance of Fear – Part 1
While fear is a natural and intelligent emotion, when fear goes on overdrive, we are in a trance of fear that contracts our body, heart and mind. Our resistance to…
Awakening from the Trance of Fear – Part 2
While fear is a natural and intelligent emotion, when fear goes on overdrive, we are in a trance of fear that contracts our body, heart and mind. Our resistance to…
Blog: Turning Toward Fear with RAIN
…Learning to directly face anxiety and fear with the RAIN meditation—Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture—gives you a pathway to inner transformation and a fearless heart. Recognizing the Trance After a…