How do we accept ourselves or others when our actions are causing harm? Does acceptance mean passivity? Does it undermine our efforts towards change? This talk responds to these questions…
The Freedom of Yes
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…or naming what is noticed Inquiry: “What is asking for attention/acceptance?” Pay particular attention to throat, chest, belly. Invitation: “Let it be as big as it is…” Feel predominant experience…
Blog: Entrusting Yourself to the Waves
…Befriend Enjoy a meditation: Guided Meditation: Entrusting Yourself to the Waves Adapted from my book Radical Acceptance Also try True Refuge – published January 2013. For more information, visit www.tarabrach.com…
Blog ~ Meditation: What is Your Deepest Longing?
…of your awakening heart. Excerpted from: Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN. Brach, Tara. Radical Compassion (p. 132-133). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition….
Accessing Innate Wisdom
…to feel more worthy, lovable and safe. We then look at the pathway home, the radical non-doing and space of silence that allows wisdom and love to flow through. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q87Y9LRE_tw…
Don’t Know Mind
…of surviving and thriving, spiritual awakening only becomes possible when we step out of the trance of thinking. This talk invites listeners into the radical openness and freedom of not-knowing….
Anti-Racism
…Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race Johnson, Kate, Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World Kaur, Valerie,…
Transcript: Taking ‘The Exquisite Risk’: An Undefended Heart – Transcription
…habits, it is a radical kind of presence. So, I want to name a few guidelines and then practice again and explore into it. If you want to, more consciously,…
Blog: Planting Ourselves in the Universe
…the final vestiges of the trance of separation. For us, the story of the Buddha’s liberation offers a radical and wonderful invitation. Like the Buddha, our own healing and awakening…
Desire and Spiritual Freedom
…suffering. This talk explores a wise attitude in relating to desire, and offers three pathways towards freedom: Mindfulness of “wanting mind,” tracing back desire to its source, and radical non-clinging….
Celebrating Vesak: Oh Nobly Born
Vesak is the Buddhist holiday that celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightment and death. What links these events is the radical and powerful message of all Buddhist teachings: We each have…
The Three Characteristics: Part 2 – Impermanence
The Buddha taught that when our understanding of impermanence is direct and non-conceptual, it is liberating. By directly opening to the radical impermanence of all experience, including the truth of…
Part 2: Evolving Toward Unconditional Love
This two part series explores the evolutionary conditioning of fear and judgment that contracts us away from love and acceptance, and the quality of mindful presence – in relating inwardly…
Saying Yes: A Conversation with Tara Brach & Jane Hirshfield (Part 1)
In this rich and full two-part interview, Tara speaks with renowned poet Jane Hirshfield about the interface between poetry and meditation, the centrality of acceptance, and the pathways of remembrance…
Transcript ~ Gratitude: Entering Sacred Relationship
…so alive for us or for others around us and have this be a time of really living from love and gratitude and huge amount of acceptance? Anatole France said,…
Blog: Prayer in the Face of Difficulty
…prayer, call out for the love, understanding, protection, or acceptance you long for. You might find yourself saying, “Please, may I be better, kinder, and more worthy.” Or you might…
Blog: RAIN Partners Protocol
…trust. Offer inwardly the love, acceptance, forgiveness, compassion, or protection that the vulnerable part of you most needs. You might extend your care through words, touch (such as a hand…
Blog: Shifting from Blame to Love: 3 Practices for a Wise Heart
…If you’re working on self-compassion, look to the vulnerable part of yourself to sense what it most needs from you. Is it forgiveness? Acceptance? Companionship? Safety? Love? Then from the…
Transcript: Healing Trauma – The Light Shines Through the Broken Places
…right in this moment, just to scan and sense if there is anything asking for your attention right now… for your acceptance… for your inclusion. And sense the possibility of…
Awakening Consciousness in Shadowy Times – Part 2
…– clarity and loving acceptance – to the parts of our being we have been unwilling to feel. This loving “yes” reconnects us to our basic goodness and helps others…
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