We spend many life moments in a trance of thinking. This meditation awakens the senses through a body scan, and attention to sound. We then rest in the presence that…
Meditation: The Presence Beyond Thoughts (17:33 min.)
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Meditation: Living Presence (19:55 min)
…and space. This attention becomes a very vibrant living presence, and we end by experiencing that living presence as a natural openheartedness that includes all of life. Photo: Janet Merrick…
Meditation: Relaxing Back into Living Presence (18:55 min.)
…true presence. “It’s from a relaxed presence that we can most feel the tenderness of our hearts. Feel your heart right now. Let the breath be filled at the heart….
Meditation: Vast and Timeless Presence (19:57 min.)
The pathway to inhabiting our full presence is including, with mindfulness all parts of experience. This guided meditation explores how we can open, without resistance to the changing flow of…
Meditation: Awakening an Intimate Presence (20:24 min.)
This guided meditation cultivates a relaxed, gentle presence with whatever expressions of life are arising in the moment. We begin by releasing and opening through the body, and then include…
Meditation: Arriving in Open Presence (18:01 min.)
This meditation begins with a receptive opening to body sensations and sounds, and the invitation to rest in wakeful presence. We are reminded that each time we awaken from thoughts…
Meditation: Calling on Loving Presence (18:18 min)
…wounded self. When we feel held by a caring presence, by something larger than our small frightened self, we begin to find space in our heart for the difficult currents…
A Committed Presence
Our conditioning is to feel separate, creating an “other” out there, and often being at war with ourselves. By cultivating a committed presence we awaken beyond this conditioning. This talk…
Listening Presence
A full and listening presence is the gateway to genuine intimacy with our self and others. This talk explores the challenges to deep listening and the teachings and practices that…
Stress, Presence and Freedom
We are designed to respond to stress with flight/fight/freeze and this can proliferate and then harden into our ongoing response to life. The practice of presence, of recognizing and relaxing…
The Barriers to Loving Presence
…aggression and clinging that protect our wound of feeling unlovable, and the ways that mindfulness can dissolve our defenses and reveal our inner refuge of pure loving presence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHiEAykuvvY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5-AC3re9Ak…
Meditation: The Presence Beyond Thoughts (17:33 min.)
We spend many life moments in a trance of thinking. This meditation awakens the senses through a body scan, and attention to sound. We then rest in the presence that…
Part 1: Refuge in the Wilderness – Coming Home to Embodied Presence
…embodied presence, and the consequence of unlived life—being cut off from our vitality, intelligence and compassion. We then explore the teachings and practices that guide us to reconnect to our…
From Story to Presence
…who we are. In this talk you are invited to identify several of your “top ten hits”, explore how these stories live in your body, and reconnect with living presence….
Meditation: Letting Go into Living Presence (18:14 min.)
…open presence. When there is tightening, holding or confinement in thoughts, we recognize and re-open, letting go into the presence that is always here. Let go of what has passed….
From Story to Presence
…who we are. In this talk you are invited to identify several of your “top ten hits”, explore how these stories live in your body, and reconnect with living presence….
Part 1 – Presence & Aliveness – Working with Pain
These two talks explore how we leave our bodies, the challenge of working with pain, the pathway home to embodied awareness, and the gifts of presence and aliveness….
Part 2 – Presence & Aliveness – Working with Pain
These two talks [part 1 last week] explore how we leave our bodies, the challenge of working with pain, the pathway home to embodied awareness, and the gifts of presence…
Meditation: Homecoming to Wakeful Presence (20:04 min.)
…us in awakening awareness in the body. Then in sitting practice, we open all our senses, resting in the wakeful presence that can include the changing waves of our life….
Tara Talks – Guided Reflection: From “If Only” Trance to Open-Hearted Presence (7:47 min.)
…with our experience with kindness, we find a sense of goodness in that presence. This is the beginning of joy. Listen to and watch the full talk: Joy – Part…
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