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Tara Brach

Tara Brach, PhD is an internationally renowned meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge, and her new book, Radical Compassion.

 

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Radical Compassion Home Practices

 

Tara recommends the following home practices in her Calm masterclass, Radical Compassion. Use the arrows above the image to toggle through the six practices.

Tara Brach
Recognizing the Trance of Unworthiness
Recognizing the Trance of Unworthiness

The more you recognize trance–bring it into the light of awareness–the less it controls you. We can only begin to free ourselves from the trance of unworthiness when we learn to recognize the beliefs that feed it. In this guided reflection, I invite you to take a few moments to pause and, with curiosity and friendliness, sense where you feel at war with yourself.

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Saying Yes to Our Life
Saying Yes to Our Life

Our habitual ways of avoiding pain keep us from experiencing intimacy with our inner life and with each other. This short talk and guided meditation offers instruction in saying “yes” to the life we encounter. As we release resistance, we discover the creativity, wisdom and love that express our truest nature.

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RAIN: The Power of Inquiry
RAIN: The Power of Inquiry

The acronym RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) guides us in bringing mindfulness and self-compassion to challenging emotions. As you practice this guided meditation, you will find your way home to openhearted presence in the midst of whatever arises.

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RAIN of Self-Compassion
RAIN of Self-Compassion

RAIN is one of the most powerful tools I know for working with difficult emotions and discovering the freedom of an awake, compassionate presence. In the moments “After the RAIN,” it’s important to simply notice your own presence and rest in that open, tender space of awareness. When we are no longer identified with passing states like fear or anger, we begin to realize the vastness and mystery of our natural Being.

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Calling on Loving Presence
Calling on Loving Presence

When we feel held by a loving presence, something larger than our small frightened self, we begin to find space in our heart for the difficult currents of our life, and for the lives of others. The suffering that might have seemed “too much” can now awaken us to the sweetness of compassion.

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RAIN of Compassion
RAIN of Compassion

Using the acronym RAIN (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture), this practice guides us in bringing mindfulness and compassion to our inner experience, and then widening the circles of compassion to include others in a more open and tender heart.

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Videos

Tara Talks: Widening the Circles of Compassion When we bring mindful awareness to how we have created unreal others, we begin to notice how we belong to each other. We sense our shared humanity, and our shared suffering. Widening the circles of compassion is the key changing the consciousness of our world.
Tara Talks ~ Guided Reflection: Embracing All Beings with Compassion, with Tara Brach When we are able to connect with our own vulnerability with kindness and compassion, we find that we can see the vulnerability in others. In this shared space, we sense how we're all in this together.
Tara Talks: Remembering Self Compassion - Tara Brach A key to realizing our goodness is offering self-compassion in moments of difficulty. This short talk shares a quick yet powerful way to remember kindness. To watch the rest of this talk, go to https://www.tarabrach.com/part-2-trusting-your-basic-goodness-audio-2/ ************************************************************* Subscribe to Tara's podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ta...
 

Audio Talks

 

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