Ask Me Anything: Questions & Responses with Tara – Part II

Ask Me Anything: Questions & Responses with Tara – Part II

How 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 without abandoning ourselves? In Part 2 of this Ask Me Anything series, Tara responds to...
Meditation: Basic Body Scan (20 min.)

Meditation: Basic Body Scan (20 min.)

In 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 gentle softening of the eyes, face and shoulders, we gradually move awareness through the...
A Path with Joy — A conversation between Tara Brach and James Baraz

A Path with Joy — A conversation between Tara Brach and James Baraz

How 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 of our lives and our world. Yet habits of thought and feeling can cut us off from joy, even...
Meditation: Relax into Happiness (19:38 min.)

Meditation: Relax into Happiness (19:38 min.)

What 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, inviting the energy of a smile into the eyes, heart, belly and whole field of awareness. As...
Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care (16:05 min.)

Meditation: Embodying Acceptance and Care (16:05 min.)

In 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 breath and a relaxed, awake awareness, we explore the felt sense of an inner smile, allowing...
Remembering Our True Home (15:44 min.)

Remembering Our True Home (15:44 min.)

In 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 into the spacious awareness that holds all experience. As we soften habitual tension and...
Namaste: Honoring the Light in All Beings

Namaste: Honoring the Light in All Beings

What 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 recognizing the sacred essence within ourselves and one another. When we learn to look...
Meditation: Being Here (21:21 min.)

Meditation: Being Here (21:21 min.)

This 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 already here, we discover that presence is not something we create—it is our true home.As we...
Meditation: At Home in the Moment (21:01 min)

Meditation: At Home in the Moment (21:01 min)

When 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 body, soften the heart, and awaken to the vibrant aliveness that is present beneath the...
Stories That Imprison Our Heart – Part 2

Stories That Imprison Our Heart – Part 2

The stories we believe shape the life we experience—but they are not the truth of who we are.In this talk, the second of a two-part series, we explore how fear-based narratives create separation, anxiety, and suffering, and how mindfulness allows us to recognize these...
Meditation: The Breath – Portal to Presence (19:31 min)

Meditation: The Breath – Portal to Presence (19:31 min)

In 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 the body, awaken the heart, and gently release the habit of being lost in thought,...
Stories That Imprison Our Heart – Part 1

Stories That Imprison Our Heart – Part 1

Much 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 how unconscious narratives—shaped by fear, conditioning, and past experience—can imprison...