Talks and Meditations from Retreats
There is a deep awareness that emerges in the silence and stillness of retreat. As the mind becomes quiet, we begin to hear the calling of the heart. Below, you will find a selection of talks, guided meditations, and question/answer – Q/A – periods recorded during Tara’s 5- and 7-day residential retreats.
Talks from Retreats
Widening the Circles of Compassion (retreat talk)
The archetypal figure of the Bodhisattva (“awakening being”) reflects our potential to realize our connectedness with all beings, and care for this living world with an open...
Freeing Ourselves by Loving Ourselves (retreat talk)
In this human realm, healing and spiritual realization are rooted in awakening a love for the life that is here. This talk looks at our habit of feeling we should be different...
Letting Go of Judgment (retreat talk)
(from 2015 IMCW Labor Day retreat)The scales of judgment confine us in a limited sense of self, they restrict the depth and fullness of our loving. This talk explores the genesis...
Unfolding of the Sacred Feminine (retreat talk)
The sacred feminine expresses the qualities of heart that emerge as we open beyond identifying with the egoic, separate self. In this talk, Tara tracks a series of challenging...
Namaste – Seeing the Sacred that Lives through all Beings
The trance of separation is part of our evolutionary heritage, but not the end of the story. This talk explores how several key trainings of the heart can evolve and awaken our...
Loving Yourself into Freedom (Retreat Talk)
The most basic truths we forget, and one is this: if we don't love ourselves, we can't love life. In the most basic way, attending to and embracing our inner life reveals the...
Landlocked in Fur – Three Domains of Formless Presence (Retreat Talk)
2014-12-30 - Retreat Talk - Landlocked in Fur - Three Domains of Formless Presence - While we have evolved to experience a defining sense of separate self, our potential is to...
Removing the Barriers to Love (retreat talk)
(Retreat Talk) In our daily trance of feeling separate, we spend many moments wanting others to be different so we can feel better. This talk explores the heart awakening that...
Sacred Fertilizer: The Portal of Fear (Retreat Talk)
Bringing presence to the contraction of fear is a universal part of spiritual awakening. This talk explores two interrelated pathways of opening to and transforming fear. ...
Embodying Loving Presence (Retreat Talk)
This talk looks at the evolutionary fear-patterning that creates separation in our relationships, and at the practices that open us to giving and receiving love. (from the IMCW long weekend residential retreat – 2014-08-02)
Am I Dreaming? (retreat talk)
As we cultivate mindfulness we become increasingly aware of how we move through huge swaths of our life in trance. This talk reflects on three key domains of trance, and undoing...
Awakening from Virtual Reality (Retreat Talk)
This talk examines how we get stuck in identifying as a separate, deficient self, and the way that a deep attention frees us from trance. QUOTE FROM THE TALK: "The invitation of...
Realizing Our Undefended and Awakened Heart (Retreat Talk)
It is our evolutionary and spiritual potential to release unnecessary habits of violating other tribes, individuals and unwanted parts of our own being. This talk explores three...
The Heartspace That is Our True Home (retreat talk)
By dedicating ourselves to loving the life that is right here–ourselves–we discover the heartspace that holds this world. This talk explores the pathways of forgiveness, offering and letting in love, and gratitude that reveal the vastness of loving presence.
Bodhisattva Path – Widening Circles of Compassion (Retreat Talk)
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 […]
Meditations from Retreats
Meditation Instructions – RAIN and Question-Response (14:23 min)
Tara gives morning instruction on retreat including RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nourish), then responds to questions from retreatants. Includes a question on resourcing...
Meditation: Guided Heart Forgiveness (28:50 min)
Tara gives brief instructions on the forgiveness practice, then guides us through a process of forgiveness of ourselves and others. "Forgiving is a movement of your heart not to...
Meditation: The Mystery of Aliveness (from retreat) (27:40)
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...
Meditation: The RAIN of Compassion (34:54 min) (from retreat)
This new version of the acronym RAIN is a powerful way of bringing compassion to the life within you, and to attuning and deepening compassion for others. Given at the 2015...
Morning Instruction and Meditation (from retreat) (30:01 min.)
Morning instruction followed by a guided meditation from the 2015 IMCW fall retreat.
Meditation: Letting Life Live Through You (27:40 min.)
Vipassana meditation with Instructions (from 2015 IMCW Spring Retreat)...
Meditation: Letting Life Be, Just As It Is (27:46 min.)
(from 2015 spring IMCW silent retreat)
Retreat Meditation: Forgiving Ourselves and Others (32:56 min)
Instruction and guided heart forgiveness practice from the 2014 IMCW New Year's Retreat.
Retreat Meditation: Forgiving Ourselves and Others
Instruction and guided heart forgiveness practice from the 2014 IMCW New Year's Retreat.
Guided Meditation: The Luminous Space of Awareness (28:17 min.)
(from the 2014 IMCW New Year's retreat)This meditation shifts attention from form to the formless source of all Being. Discover and rest in continuous space, filled with the...
Short Talks, Instructions and QA’s from Retreats
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