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 full-length recordings.
Part 1: Intimacy with Life
This season is one of celebrating the light and love that is our unifying source. And yet at these times our society is being forced to face its deep patterning of racial...
Taking Refuge
This class explores the three classic gateways to true refuge - Buddha (awareness); Dharma (path, truth of reality) and Sangha (spiritual friends, loving relatedness). It...
Tara Talks: The “If Only” Mind (3:01 min. video)
Without desire, this world would not exist. Yet if we become possessed by our need to have life a certain way, we lose our capacity for presence and joy. Listen and watch the...
Tara Talks: The Warmth of Compassion (3:44 min. video)
We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. As this short presentation shows, this requires intention and courage. Watch and...
Tara Talks: Keeping Busy (5:04 min. video)
We are sometimes described as "human doings" versus "human beings." In this short presentation we look at how our drive to keep busy and to over-achieve is a way of avoiding...
Tara Talks: Catching Fear Thoughts (3:49 min. video)
Unless we recognize it, fear thinking can take over our lives. This brief talk points to the power of these thoughts, and the importance of cultivating mindfulness of them....
Tara Talks: This Moment Counts (3:01 min. video)
Much of our life we have the sense that we are on our way to something else. In this short talk we hear an ancient myth with a timeless reminder: What we are seeking is here,...
A Generous Heart
Our deep potential is to live from an awake, loving heart. This talk looks at how, with a kind and mindful attention, we can decondition habitual tendencies toward grasping and...
Awakening Through Change and Loss
Our capacity to live and love fully is entirely related to how we open to the truth of impermanence. This talk examines how our ways of trying to control life solidify our perception of being separate and threatened. We then look at the wings of mindful presence and compassion that open us to loss and grief, and reveal the loving awareness that is beyond birth and death.
The Sacred Art of Listening
Just as presence is the heart of meditation, so deep listening is at the center of all conscious, loving relationships. This talk explores how our wants and fears block listening, ways we can deepen our capacity for listening, and the healing that unfolds when we truly feel heard by another.
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