In our everyday life we are conditioned to feel that life is happening to us, or that we are the doer. This meditation deconditions that self-centrality by bringing attention to…
After relaxing our bodies and quieting our minds, this meditation guides us to open to the changing experience of being alive. We ask ourselves two questions: “What is Happening Inside…
We spend many life moments in a trance of thinking. This meditation awakens the senses through a body scan, and attention to sound. We then rest in the presence that…
Our being has many frequencies of aliveness and as we attend to the more subtle, we discover a portal to the radiant awareness that is always here. This meditation guides…
This guided meditation was given as a prelude to the December 8th talk on “Ask the Friend for Love.”…
…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…
This meditation guides us in awakening our awareness by opening to all our senses and recognizing the alert presence that is always, already here. By relaxing back into the presence…
This meditation focuses on cultivating a sense of friendliness and openness through the imagery of a smile, allowing the mind and body to relax and soften. It encourages being fully…
Our deepest wisdom and purest actions arise out of open-hearted presence. This meditation is drawn from the Tibetan tradition and carries us home to the vastness of loving presence….
Meditation on taking refuge in the beloved – calling on love as a resource….
In the midst of difficulty we need access to our deepest wisdom and love. This guided meditation calls forth this loving presence by opening to the heart and spirit of…
Enjoy the sounds of the intense rainstorm that ran through Tara Brach’s meditation class at the Bethesda, MD River Road Unitarian Universalist Church that evening!…
Tara leads a meditation on resting in awareness….
Tara explores relaxing the heart as guided meditation….
This meditation establishes an atmosphere of loving kindness with the “smile”; relaxes and awakens through the body; and guides us into a spacious presence. We then rest in that presence,…
This meditation relaxes and opens our hearts with the image and felt sense of a smile. We then awaken all the senses and discover the vastness and full aliveness of…
This meditation awakens our senses, then guides us to rest in the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, we are invited to relax back into full living presence,…
This guided meditation was given as a prelude to the November 17th talk on “A Listening Presence – Three Domains of Training.“…
When gratitude for our life arises, we enter the sacred space of an open heart. This meditation guides us in arriving in presence and awakening the blessings of gratitude. Hello,…
A blessing is whatever reminds us of the sacred loving presence that shines through all of us. This meditation is a transformational practice in receiving and offering blessings. First we…
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