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Blog: Can You Medicate Meditation?

Blog: Can You Medicate Meditation?

…compassionate, and will best bring an end to our suffering. Adapted from Radical Acceptance (2003) Enjoy this talk on Finding the Juice Inside Fear For more information visit: www.tarabrach.com Join Tara’s email list here….

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Rejecting the Wanting Self

Rejecting the Wanting Self

…We become like a “rock in winter.” When we reject desire, we reject the very source of our love and aliveness. Adapted from my book Radical Acceptance (2003) Enjoy this…

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Blog: Stepping out of Obsessive Thinking

Blog: Stepping out of Obsessive Thinking

…obsessive thinking, respond to what needs attention, and spend less and less time removed from the presence that nurtures our lives. Adapted from Radical Acceptance (2003) For more information visit: www.tarabrach.com…

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Finding Your Querencia in the Pause

Finding Your Querencia in the Pause

…act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” From Radical Acceptance (2003) For more information go to: www.tarabrach.com…

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Blog: Saying Yes To Life As It Is

Blog: Saying Yes To Life As It Is

…we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say Yes to our life as it is. From Radical Acceptance (2003) For more information go to: www.tarabrach.com…

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Inviting Mara to Tea

Inviting Mara to Tea

…possible.” We befriend ourselves when, rather than resisting our experience, we open our hearts and willingly invite Mara to tea. From Radical Acceptance (2003) For more information go to: www.tarabrach.com…

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Running Away Deepens the Trance

Running Away Deepens the Trance

…from trance; we can begin to free ourselves to respond to our circumstances in ways that bring genuine peace and happiness. From Radical Acceptance (2003) For more information, go to: www.tarabrach.com…

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Blog: Turning Toward Fear with RAIN

Blog: Turning Toward Fear with RAIN

…and free. Adapted from Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Ourselves and Our World with the Practice of RAIN, Tara Brach (Viking, 2019). Brach, T. (2019). Radical Compassion: Learning to Love…

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Resources: Community Wisdom on Sleep

Resources: Community Wisdom on Sleep

…We received hundreds of suggestions that ranged from calming breath practices, lavender oils and buckwheat pillows to acceptance and self-compassion. Your collective wisdom is so valuable and inspiring, we wanted…

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Blog: FAQ for Meditation

Blog: FAQ for Meditation

acceptance and friendliness. When you find you’re lost in a compelling thought, mentally whisper “a story but not true.” Remember that your thoughts are real—they are happening—but they are not…

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Blog: Absolute Cooperation with the Inevitable

Absolute Cooperation with the Inevitable

This talk addresses common misunderstandings about acceptance (allowing, “letting be”) and explores the challenges and blessings of opening to the raw emotions that we habitually avoid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUdbFSJ2ow8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT-9UcLW8B4…

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