Meditation becomes truly freeing in the moments when there is no controlling whatsoever; when nothing is resisted or grasped after. This guided meditation begins with a simple body scan, relaxing…
We can’t truly open to the waves of life unless we recognize our Oceanness, the formless awareness that is our source. This meditation begins with awakening the senses and then…
…When the mind drifts, the return is a relaxing back to our senses, and to the sea of awareness that includes and experiences the waves of life. From the meditation…
Meditation: The Center of Now – This meditation awakens our senses and then guides us to rest in the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, we are invited…
We can’t truly open to the waves of life unless we recognize our Oceanness, the formless awareness that is our source. This meditation begins with awakening the senses and then…
Meditation – Relaxing into Presence (bell at end) This meditation can help us to access a relaxed attentiveness, or alternately, serve as a pathway to ease-filled sleep. https://youtu.be/OfxTy5v7yIA…
One way of understanding meditation is a letting go of the habitual clenching of thoughts, the clenching that resists emotions and pulls away from aliveness itself. This meditation guides us…
…the pain of separation, unworthiness, unlovability and hopelessness. These two talks explore several meditation practices that reconnect us with our natural aliveness, openheartedness and awareness. They empower us to develop…
The Buddha taught the value of gladdening the mind when we begin a meditation and in our daily lives. This meditation begins with an inquiry on gratitude – what we…
…awake tender awareness – is only a half-breath of remembrance away.” This meditation awakens attention to the space of awareness… a special meditation from 2015-11-11 – includes community chanting OM’s….
This meditation awakens a receptive attention to the senses, starting with physical sensations and opening to sound. Then we sense how open awake awareness is receiving the moment to moment…
This meditation begins with a body scan that guides us to awaken our senses. We relax open to include the changing flow of sounds and sensations, in a spacious, open…
Download the free PDF While we all need to customize meditation, this is particularly important for those living with PTSD or strong, potentially overwhelming emotions. This talk explores how trauma…
This guided meditation instruction includes: 1 – Arriving in embodied presence with senses awake, 2 – Further collecting the attention using a primary anchor or base, and 3 – Continuing…
…When the mind drifts, the return is a relaxing back to our senses, and to the sea of awareness that includes and experiences the waves of life. From the meditation…
Talks and Meditations with Videos A collection of all of Tara’s talks and meditations that include videos. Also view Tara Talks – a web series of short videos from the…
This meditation from the morning of spring retreat begins with a body scan, then widens to include sounds, senses and open energetic awareness. Includes an application of the RAIN of…
Guided Meditation – Mindful Body Scan (9:31) This practice systematically moves attention through the body, awakening a direct experience of sensation from the inside out. The benefits are a dramatic…
…Partners Protocol NOTE: This post has been edited to include a shorter RAIN meditation. Listen to the original 33:43-minute RAIN partner meditation here. Listen to and/or download the RAIN audio…
This meditation is adapted from a meditation called “Open Focus.” Let whatever comes spontaneously to your awareness to be there as you follow along with the questions, which begin with,…
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