Buddhist psychology views clinging as the source of suffering, and one of the great domains of clinging is compulsive overeating. For most of us the causes and conditions for compulsive…
Only in silence and presence do we realign with what matters to our hearts. This simple practice of arriving in an embodied awareness supports us in touching the grounds of…
Happiness and Loving this Life – Metta (Lovingkindness) Practice…
Tara gives morning instruction on retreat including RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nourish), then responds to questions from retreatants. Includes a question on resourcing when working with trauma. Recorded at the…
…on to security and comfort and push away fear or pain. You can see with meditation instruction: Oh just relax, just come into the present moment. That little word just….
…practice that helps me to do this. It’s called ‘Breathing Through.’ The first step is to imagine yourself breathing in, and allowing the pain of fear to pass through your…
Gratitude is like breathing in – letting ourselves be touched by the goodness in others and in our world. Generosity is like breathing out – sensing our mutual belonging and…
…the breathing be continuous, without a pause between breathing in and out. Relax parts of your body that feel tense: Bring a gentle attention to these areas with the intention to…
Gratitude is like breathing in – letting ourselves be touched by the goodness in others and in our world. Generosity is like breathing out – sensing our mutual belonging and…
Resources: Gratitude and Generosity Gratitude is like breathing in – letting ourselves be touched by the goodness in others and in our world. Generosity is like breathing out – sensing…
…practice that helps me to do this. It’s called ‘Breathing Through.’ The first step is to imagine yourself breathing in, and allowing the pain of fear to pass through your…
Like breathing in and breathing out, gratitude and generosity allow us to live fully. This talks explores what blocks these natural capacities, and three pathways of nourishing a grateful and…
…are here, on the earth, on the ground. To further resource or a different kind of approach is conscious breathing. One of the simplest is a long, slow, deep, full…
…anxious thoughts and guilty feelings. The second step was to Allow (A) what was happening by breathing and letting be. Even though I didn’t like what I was feeling, my…
…have real feelings, but they aren’t the truth any more than an idea of an apple tree is the living, breathing tree. For example, you could have the thought: When…
What makes a fire burn is the space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in too tight can douse the…
…question I am most regularly asked after classes or workshops is: What do I do if it feels like too much? Meditation instructions are so often to come into the…
…and present as possible during the birth, and while I knew the pain would be intense, I trusted that my meditation and yoga practices would help me to “go with…
This is from a poem that I love. It’s called, “Fire” by Judy Brown. What makes a fire burn is the space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much…
