Tara Talks
Tara Talks is a web series of short videos, each offering a bit of timeless and essential wisdom. They give us a “sacred pause” and help us bring more mindfulness, compassion and presence to our busy lives.
Tara Talks – Reflection: Healing Self-Blame
When we are stuck in blaming, disliking or hating ourselves, we are unable to love our world. In this guided reflection we’ll explore using the acronym RAIN...
Tara Talks: Compassion toward Non-Human Animals (11:39 min.)
Tara Talks: Compassion for Non-Human Animals For thousands of years humans have become accustomed to de-valuing, exploiting and violating non-human animals. This unseen bias of...
JAPANESE Taraのお話: 受け止めたメッセージ
タラのお話: 受け取ったメッセージ Tara Brach （字幕：マジストラリ佐々木啓乃） 幼い頃の自分と出会い、両親から受け取った期待感を思い出すガイド瞑想。こうしてはダメ、こうなりなさい、という幼い頃に受け止めたメッセージは私達の中でどの様な影響を及ぼしているのでしょうか？ タラのお話全編はこちらから（英語）: Freedom from...
Tara Talks: When Fear is No Longer the Enemy (6:01 min.)
When we are identified with the body of fear, our survival strategies take over. It takes courage to step out of this conditioned reactivity and come into direct contact with how...
Tara Talks: I Am Not the Fear Body (6:08 min.)
Unprocessed fear creates separation and keeps us from inhabiting the truth of our belonging. When we open to the body of fear with a gentle, mindful awareness, our sense of being...
Tara Talks – Guided Reflection: Coming Home with Attend and Befriend (6:34 min.)
When are caught in our conditioned escape strategies, we feel separated from what we most care about. In moments when we deepen our attention and bring a kind presence to the...
Tara Talks: Healing the Fear Body, Healing the World (4:50 min.)
When we are contracted in the fear body, we cannot be touched by the world around us. We lose our sense of belonging to this moment, to each other, to the earth. When we find...
Tara Talks: Remembering Our Shared Humanity (8:43 min.)
When we really attune to another, we can easily sense how we have the same longing to live fully and be free. But when we are distracted by stories of fear, separation and...
Tara Talks: Guided Reflection on Inhabiting This Body (12:50 min)
When we are not inhabiting our bodies, we are not experiencing our full aliveness. When pain arises, how much can you open to it and let it be as it is? Just like waves in the...
TaraTalks: Meditating with RAIN – Working with Difficult Emotions (11:43 min.)
This guided practice applies mindfulness and self-compassion to challenging emotions. It is based on the acronym RAIN, and provides a four step practice that is accessible and...
Tara Talks: Shining a Light on the Habits That Block Joy (3:06 min.)
If we’re in the trance of unworthiness, we can’t embrace each other and our world in an open-hearted way. In this short video, I share a story (a personal favorite!) of...
Tara Talks: Dedicating to Kindness (2:13 min.)
The Dalai Lama often says, "My religion is kindness." In these few words, Tara reflects on the power of committing ourselves simply to cultivating a kind heart. Listen to the...
Tara Talks – Guided Practice: When the Pain is Too Strong (5:47 min.)
When pain is intense, it is not always wise or compassionate to open to it directly. In this short video, Tara explores ways to work with pain when it feels like too much to...
Tara Talks: Who We Are, Beyond the Changing Forms (6:02 min.)
Opening to impermanence reveals who we are beyond these changing forms. In this short video, you’ll find a moving example of how bringing full presence to our deepest losses...
Tara Talks – Reflection: Installing a Beneficial Mind-State (6:53 min.)
What state of heart or mind do you wish you could experience more regularly? Is it peace? Gratitude? Love? You can apply your meditation to transform passing states into enduring...
Tara Talks – Guided Reflection: From “If Only” Trance to Open-Hearted Presence (7:47 min.)
When we notice that we’re in the trance of “if-only” mind, we can choose to re-open and surrender to what is right here. When we make that U-Turn and stay with our experience...
Tara Talks – Reflection: The Practice of Savoring As a Gateway to Happiness (5:53 min.)
It is radical and transformative to pause and sense the goodness that is right here in this moment. When we experience gladness for simple things, we know we really can be happy...
Tara Talks: Impermanence of the Body (5:54 min. video)
Aging, sickness and dying are treated as something “bad” to be fought. Truly opening to the reality that every body in the universe continually changes can awaken us to the 'who...
Tara Talks: A Tide Pool within the River of Impermanence (2:59 min. video)
The more we wall off the flow of impermanence, the more we suffer. The most basic way to open ourselves to it is by waking up out of thoughts and coming into our senses. Listen...
Tara Talks: True Resilience – Cheri Maples (9:52 min. video)
Tara shares intimately from the inspiring life of one of her dearest friends. Listen and watch the full talk: True Resilience – Awakening through All Circumstances – Part 1
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