…the trance of fear and separation, reconnecting us with our innate clarity and compassion. And we’ll discover how imagination, when grounded in presence, becomes a superpower—allowing us to envision new…
…contact and transform our fears into awake and loving presence. We waste so much energy trying to cover up who we are when beneath every attitude is the want to…
Our suffering arises from fear-based stories that are often outside our awareness. These include stories of our deficiency or importance, of being a victim, of being unseen or unloved, of…
Our suffering arises from fear-based stories that are often outside our awareness. These include stories of our deficiency or importance, of being a victim, of being unseen or unloved, of…
…surround us – the fear, violence, and dividedness in our world. There is a sense that we are teetering on an edge, humanity is devolving and the existential dangers we…
…tell you, I want to give my son fear. I want him to be afraid, because I am scared to death that he’s going to either get arrested or killed…
…shame, fear, and anger. As you learn to nurture your own wounds with tender care, your compassionate heart will naturally extend to others. Here’s a look at what we will…
IMCW Second Sunday Dharma Series, with Tara Brach & Trisha Stotler Sunday, April 2nd @ 11:00 AM (EDT) As fear and instability in the outer world continue to grow, we…
…shame, fear, and anger. As you learn to nurture your own wounds with tender care, your compassionate heart will naturally extend to others. Here’s a look at what we will…
…healing the shame and fear that bind our hearts. 20th Anniversary Edition Available Now! FREE GIFT: List of Guided Meditations to Accompany the Book DOWNLOAD HERE One of the deepest…
…students I work with support their resolve to “let be” by mentally whispering an encouraging word or phrase. For instance, you might feel the grip of fear and whisper “yes”…
…shelter all your fears and darkness within the circle of ease. May the angel of memory surprise you in bleak times with new gifts from the harvest of your vanished…
…invaluable and these practices are not considered as a substitute.) See also: Resources: Working with Fear and Trauma See also: Mindfulness Strategies for Working with Trauma and Strong Fear https://youtu.be/eR-DN7JYSLo…
…getting this response—the more the impulse to ask for help becomes paired with the belief that she will be refused and the accompanying feelings (fear or hurt, anger or shame)….
If we inquire “what is between me and presence” we usually find we’ve been caught inside a limiting story of self, contracted by wants and fears. This talk explores a…
Love is the most basic expression of who we are, and yet it is often obscured by the trance of separation and fear. This talk explores how we habitually armor…
Most of us have core fear beliefs that obscure our true nature and bind us in repeating patterns of painful emotions and behavior. This talk looks at the beliefs that…
“Enlightenment is intimacy with all things” teaches Zen Master Dogen. While we long for this intimacy, we are conditioned to avoid the vulnerability and fear that an intimate presence can…
The suffering of perceiving ourselves as separate selves expresses as fear, aggression, shame and a host of other afflictive emotions. This talk examines how, by taking refuge in the present…
2012-12-29 – (retreat talk) – Our suffering arises from unlived life–the fears and loneliness and hurt that we have been unable to digest and include in our heart. This talk…
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