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.
Intimacy with Life (Part 1)
Zen master Dōgen teaches that enlightenment is intimacy with all things. These two talks explore teachings and practices that cultivate intimacy - a liberating experience of...
Meditation: Present Heart (14:16 min)
We awaken a present heart by relaxing with the breath, and bringing the kindness of a smile into our bodily experience. This meditation ends with an offering of blessings to our...
Being with Love, Death and Grief: Tara Brach and Frank Ostaseski
Grief is our natural way of expressing loss for what we love, and learning to open to grief serves the deepening and widening of our loving. This event, given at the Upaya Zen...
Ask Me Anything with Tara and Jonathan (Part 2)
“Ask Me Anything” - Tara responds to your questions, with Jonathan Foust, her husband and known meditation teacher, as interviewer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMQhglC149A...
Meditation: Loving What Is (18:49 min.)
While we might not directly love what is, there is a pathway to this inner freedom. As we explore in this meditation, we begin with allowing the changing sensations and emotions...
Three Core Reminders for Spiritual Practice
This talk explores three powerful ways you can direct your attention when you find yourself emotionally stuck: Wake up from thoughts; feel your feelings and remember love. We...
Meditation: Meeting Life with a Kind Presence (21:05 min.)
This practice guides us to a receptive, kind presence by starting with listening, and moving through a body scan. We then rest in an open awareness, responding to whatever arises...
Ask Me Anything with Tara and Jonathan (Part 1)
“Ask Me Anything” - Tara responds to your questions, with Jonathan Foust, her husband and known meditation teacher, as interviewer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHgpghH5qK4...
Meditation: Resting in Breath, Relaxing into Life (21:39 min.)
This meditation invites us to collect our attention with a calming breath, and then with the senses as a home base, settle into presence. The reminders encourage a letting go of...
Unwinding Anxiety with Awareness: A conversation with Tara and Dr. Judson Brewer (Part 2)
Anxiety is spiking around the world and we need the radical medicine of awareness to unwind it. In this two-part conversation, Tara and Dr. Judson Brewer look at how anxiety is a...