Introduction to the Heart Practices (instruction and meditation from retreat) (39:55 min.)
These instructions on the heart practices were given at the IMCW 2012 Spring Retreat. A guided lovingkindness or “metta” meditation to open the heart, call on love, and come home to presence follows.
Introduction to the Heart Practices (35:55 min)
Instructions on the heart practices from the IMCW 2012 Spring Retreat – a guided lovingkindness or “metta” meditation to open the heart, call on love, and come home to presence follows.
Be Who You Are (retreat talk)
By bringing a surrendering presence to mental, emotional and physical domains, we undo the trance of separation and discover our true nature. This talk explores the practices that cultivate the non-resisting space of presence, and the flavors of our essential being...
Guided Meditation: Space of Awareness (from Spring 2012 IMCW retreat) (28:52 min.)
This meditation is adapted from a meditation called “Open Focus.” Let whatever comes spontaneously to your awareness to be there as you follow along with the questions, which begin with, “Can you imagine…?”
Guided Meditation (with instructions) – “Lovingkindness (Metta)”
Tara leads a guided Metta meditation with instructions.
Guided Meditation (without instructions) – “Lovingkindness (Metta)”
A guided Lovingkindness (Metta) meditation from Tara.
Opening the Lotus of Your Heart (retreat talk)
Our reaction to life’s stress is to contract, and we live many moments with a tight body, clenched heart and narrowed mind. This talk explores how deepening attention can reconnect us with our natural openness and radiance (from the 2012 Women’s Retreat on 2/3/2012).
Guided Meditation – “Awakening Compassion – Tonglen” (37:10 min.)
Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation, “Awakening Compassion,” is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the vastness of loving presence (meditation given at the 2011 IMCW New...
The Blessings of Embodied Presence (retreat talk)
All that we cherish – love, creativity, wisdom and aliveness – becomes available when we come home to an embodied presence. This talk looks at how the two wings of mindfulness and compassion guide us in the midst of difficulty to our inner sanctuary of...
Our True Nature – Emptiness Dancing (retreat talk)
Our True Nature – Emptiness Dancing – The most profound question in spiritual life is “who (or what) am I?” This talk explores ways of inquiring into the nature of awareness, and the blessings of embodying the realization of our radiant, empty essence....
Guided Heart Meditation – Forgiveness Practice (30:50 min.)
(from the Fall IMCW Retreat at Reisterstown, MD)
Unconditional Love for the Life Within (retreat talk)
The tyranny of “should” prevents us from living and loving fully. This talk explores how we get trapped in the identity of a flawed self and the ways a wise attention can free us. (Retreat Talk – IMCW Fall Retreat at Reisterstown, MD)
Remembering Love (retreat talk)
Tara taught at the IMCW spring retreat in Reisterstown, MD this week – below is her Monday evening talk. Apologies for the static in the background – it is constant from an air handler in the meditation hall.