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. Go to full length videos here. Page 1 of 212 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...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...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...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...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...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...TaraTalks: Meditation – 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...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....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...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...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...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?...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...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...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...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...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:...Tara Talks – Opening to Reality Means Full Engagement (not Resignation) (2:31 min.)Every time our heart gets really broken open by loss, there can be more attunement to what it means...Tara Talks: When an Attempt at Reconnection Goes Astray (6:13 min.)Deep reconciliation requires radically opening – inwardly to ourselves, then outwardly to the other – and saying, “OK… What’s...Tara Talks: Not Enough Time (3:27 min.)The more stressed we are, the more likely it is that we’ll mistake the needs of someone we care... Page 1 of 212 Access the full list of Tara Talks videos on YouTube here.
