The Dance with Pain

The Dance with Pain

“Pain is inevitable and suffering is optional.” In this talk Tara explores the difference between pain and suffering and examines the most common, yet often unconscious, ways we resist pain. She then shares practices that help us find balance, equanimity and awakening...
Meditation: Radical Acceptance of Pain (11:51 min)

Meditation: Radical Acceptance of Pain (11:51 min)

As we learn to relax our resistance to unpleasant sensations, we discover an open and tender space of awareness that has room for living and dying. – from the CD set: Radical Acceptance – Guided Meditations – .mp3 download available. We cultivate...
Blog: Meeting Our Edge and Softening

Blog: Meeting Our Edge and Softening

It’s another morning, another day of having to live inside a hurting body inherited from a little known, rare genetic condition. I try not to think of how it used to be. I can let go of the younger me, the one who won a yoga Olympics by holding wheel pose for more...
Blog: Pain Is Not Wrong

Blog: Pain Is Not Wrong

Many years ago when I was pregnant with my son, I decided to have a home birth without drugs, assisted by a midwife. My hope was to be as wakeful and present as possible during the birth, and while I knew the pain would be intense, I trusted that my meditation and...