Tara Brach is a leading western teacher of Buddhist meditation, emotional healing and spiritual awakening. This channel is a compilation of Tara Brach's video offerings, including her popular Wednesday night weekly livestream; a library of guided meditations; short clips from the "Tara Talks" web series; interviews and various other engagements.

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Tara Brach explores how mindful awareness of our bodies serves as a powerful portal to experiencing full aliveness, wisdom, and love.

https://youtu.be/kjRb6HVLDZI

Discover how the common trance of disconnection pulls us away from our bodily presence and learn practical pathways to reconnect with your true self.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 290

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Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression.

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At the heart of the suffering is the experience of severed belonging—of being imprisoned in the pain of separation, unworthiness, unlovability and hopelessness.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 165

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Explore the many dimensions of the spiritual path — including Tara's own journey of finding refuge during a dark time, the teachers who’ve inspired her, and the teachings that most deeply call to her heart.

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 121

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Suffering can confine us in fear-based patterns or guide us to profound healing and love.

https://youtu.be/7_vSygSn8cs

Tara Brach explores the transformative potential of suffering, introducing four core principles for navigating difficulty with mindfulness and compassion. These steps offer a pathway to personal and collective freedom, empowering us to grow through life's challenges.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 312

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Tara explores how the trance of unworthiness contracts us away from presence, and how activating mindfulness and self-compassion with RAIN loosens the grip of self-aversion and awakens our hearts.

https://youtu.be/fMHqL6R475E

1 month ago | [YT] | 439

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In today’s world of polarization, conspiracy thinking, and deepening mistrust, how can we build a trust that is wise, grounded, and inclusive?

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Tara Brach explores the personal and collective forces that fracture trust—including the powerful myths of good vs. evil and chosen vs. unchosen.

1 month ago | [YT] | 99

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Tara offers three interrelated strategies that can serve us when we’re triggered by stress, and help us find our way back to our natural wisdom, empathy and wholeness of being.

https://youtu.be/ymPF0q7U5oM

By de-conditioning habitual reactivity, we are increasingly able to respond to our life circumstances in ways that serve healing and awakening.

1 month ago | [YT] | 312

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Join Tara Brach, renowned meditation teacher and author, for a transformative teaching on awakening the heart through mindfulness and compassion.

https://youtu.be/dOVkxC3cS2o

1 month ago | [YT] | 93

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Our capacity to realize the truth of who we are and to love fully, arises from moments of true acceptance.

https://youtu.be/fMHqL6R475E

This means meeting our unfolding life with an unconditional, open and tender presence.

1 month ago | [YT] | 608

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Tara Brach leads a powerful talk and guided meditation on forgiveness.

https://youtu.be/49xApC-IS-A

Learn how to let go of blame, release resentment, and awaken compassion through mindful presence. Tara shares practical tools and real-life stories to help you break free from the trance of victimhood and experience true healing.

1 month ago | [YT] | 110