Flourishing in an Unraveling World: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Richard Davidson
In the midst of a world that often feels like it’s coming apart, what does it mean to truly flourish? Drawing on his new book Born to Flourish, Richard Davidson joins Tara Brach to explore the science and practice of well-being—how awareness, connection, insight, and...
Meditation: Touching Peace (23:12 min.)
This guided meditation offers a pathway to quieting our mind and calming anxiety. We begin with long deep breathing, and with the breath, engage the image of a smile and relax through the body. Then we practice resting in relaxed awareness, allowing waves of thoughts,...
The Honesty Challenge – Getting More Truthful with Ourselves and Our World
What does it truly mean to be honest—with ourselves, with each other, and with the world we share? In this talk, Tara explores radical self-honesty as a pathway to inner freedom and authentic connection. While honesty is often thought of as simply “telling the truth,”...
Meditation: Vipassana – The Practice of Seeing Clearly (18:31 min.)
Vipassana, also known as insight meditation, is training in bringing a clear mindful attention to our moment to moment experience. We begin by relaxing through the body and then resting attention with the breath – or some other sensory anchor – and...
Compassion in Times of Conflict—a Conversation with Tara, Paul Gilbert, and Rick Hanson
In this talk, we explore how compassion can arise in the midst of conflict—within our lives and in the larger world. In a conversation with moderated by Dr. Rick Hanson, Tara and internationally renowned psychologist Dr. Paul Gilbert, reflect on how our evolutionary...
Meditation: Widening Rings of Being (20:26 min.)
If we can recognize thoughts as thoughts, it becomes possible to open from virtual to living reality. This meditation guides us in awakening the senses and discovering the freedom – the awake space of Being that is beyond the confines of...
This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Devon & Nico Hase
In this conversation, Tara is joined by two longtime friends and wonderful teachers, Devon and Nico Hase, to explore their recent book, This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership. This refreshingly real and relatable book offers guidance for...
Meditation: Embodying Loving Awareness (19:42 min.)
Love is often abstract, and not fully alive. In this practice, with the supportive image and felt sense of a smile, we are guided to awaken loving in our body, mind and whole...
Your Awake Heart Is Calling You: Healing Separation and Returning to Loving Presence
In this talk, we’ll explore the deep evolutionary and spiritual currents that shape our lives—the pull of fear and separation, and the quiet, persistent call toward love, compassion, and belonging. Drawing on stories, reflections, and contemplative practices,...
Meditation: Listening to our Heart (22:51 min)
In this guided meditation, we are invited into a gentle, receptive presence—listening not only to sound, but to the living experience of our body and heart. Through mindful awareness of breath, sensation, and the changing flow of experience, we begin to soften into a...
Meditation: A Witnessing, Kind Presence (20:21 min)
Starting with scanning through the body and awakening the senses, we then rest in presence, with the breath as a home base. The meditation invites an openness to whatever arises, and a gentle kind attention if we encounter physical or emotional pain. We end with...
Love-Based Activism: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Mohsen Mahdawi – Part II
In this conversation, Tara is joined by Mohsen Mahdawi—Palestinian refugee, Buddhist practitioner, and courageous voice for justice—whose life bridges worlds that are so often held apart. Growing up in a refugee camp and later emerging as a student leader and...
Love-Based Activism: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Mohsen Mahdawi – Part I
In this conversation, Tara is joined by Mohsen Mahdawi—Palestinian refugee, Buddhist practitioner, and courageous voice for justice—whose life bridges worlds that are so often held apart. Growing up in a refugee camp and later emerging as a student leader and advocate...