…suffering; and eating addiction is not “our fault.” The talk includes an exploration of how, through RAIN, we can bring mindfulness and self-compassion to compulsive eating, giving us more choice…
This meditation guides us in bringing the mindfulness and self-compassion of RAIN to a challenging part of our life, and particularly, to places of self-judgment or feelings of failure. https://youtu.be/hL6hEC4w6Ng…
…individual self and our group identity. We explore how, with self-compassion and courageous honesty, we can respond to negative, painful feelings about ourselves in a way that serves awakening and…
…Acceptance explores how the trance of unworthiness contracts us away from presence, and how activating mindfulness and self-compassion with RAIN loosens the grip of self-aversion and awakens our hearts. https://youtu.be/fMHqL6R475E…
…specific challenges of our modern age. Radical Compassion Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN In this heartfelt and deeply practical book, Tara Brach offers…
Popular Topics Anger Anti-Racism Nature of Awareness Beliefs and Thoughts Caregivers and Those Aging in Place Self-Compassion and Compassion for Others Desire, Attachment and Addictions Embodied Presence Engaged Spirituality Forgiveness…
…it “boosted her ego” to compare herself with the loser Rosalie considered herself to be. While Rosalie had no trouble finding dates, intimacy never lasted for long. Not wanting to…
In this short practice, we are guided in bringing the mindfulness and self-nurturing of RAIN to a difficult emotion. This helps us shift from feeling stuck and reactive to the…
A bodhisattva (awakened being) is committed to relieving suffering and living life from an all inclusive loving presence. This shift of identity from a self centered focus to one of…
…Wisdom for Our Time, March 24, 2022 Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion Fred Eppsteiner, The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism Joanna…
…to open to the realness of suffering, and then offer it into a boundless heartspace…a shared and compassionate awareness. This clip was recorded during Tara’s satsang session on 2020/05/30. https://youtu.be/ODqZRZhNNGg…
Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation, “Awakening Compassion,” is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the vastness of loving…
…heart practices that evolve us on the bodhisattva path. (given at the 2015 IMCW New Year’s retreat) “Compassion arises when you see the truth behind the veils.” photo: Jon McRay…
Meditation: Awakening Compassion with Tonglen ~ Our hearts awaken as we let ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. They shine as we respond with care to…
Compassion is hard wired in our organism, and can be cultivated. This talk helps us identify the blocks to compassion—our outmoded survival equipment—and using RAIN, offers practical guidance in mindfully…
Compassion is hard wired in our organism, and can be cultivated. We have the capacity for affiliative care, to tune into each other and to hold each other in our…
Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation, a compassion practice or tonglen, is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the…
From Dragons to Schmoos – Meeting Life with Compassionate Presence – The trance of unworthiness is sustained by our aversion to the dragons – the difficult emotions and related behaviors…
This line from poet Galway Kinnell reminds us of the possibility of meeting our inner life with a loving, healing presence. When we do, we loosen the trance of unworthiness…
