Podcasts · Religion & Spirituality
Tara Brach
548 episodes · 20 with AI analysis
Tara Brach, Ph.D is an internationally known meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge. Tara shares a weekly guided meditation and talk that blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices. The podcast addresses the value of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion in relieving emotional suffering, serving spiritual awakening and bringing healing to our world.
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Guided meditation practice×6Heart-centered awareness×3Presence and awakening×3Mindfulness and present moment awareness×2Nervous system regulation×2Body scan and somatic awareness×2Breath awareness meditation×2Heart-centered meditation×2Presence and mindfulness practice×2Body scanning and somatic awareness×2
Analyzed Episodes
May 20, 2026
Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome (19:02 min.)
Guided Meditation PracticeHeartspace AwarenessBody Scanning Technique
View AnalysisApr 15, 2026
Meditation: Widening Rings of Being (20:26 min.)
Guided body scan meditationBreath awareness and regulationProgressive muscle relaxation
View AnalysisApr 16, 2026
Compassion in Times of Conflict—a Conversation with Tara, Paul Gilbert, and Rick Hanson
Compassion-Focused Therapy and neuroscience of compassionEvolutionary biology of threat systems and aggressionBuddhist psychology and non-duality
View AnalysisApr 22, 2026
Meditation: Vipassana - The Practice of Seeing Clearly (18:31 min.)
Vipassana meditation practiceBody scan and somatic awarenessBreath anchoring techniques
View AnalysisApr 29, 2026
Meditation: Touching Peace (23:12 min.)
Guided meditation practiceBreath work and breathing techniquesBody scan and progressive relaxation
View AnalysisMay 6, 2026
Meditation: Living Presence (21:35 min.)
Guided meditation practiceMindfulness and presence cultivationBody awareness and somatic sensing
View AnalysisMay 7, 2026
Lovingkindness - Part 1 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love
Lovingkindness meditation (Metta practice)Brahma Viharas (four divine abodes: loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity)Control strategies and emotional reactivity
View AnalysisMay 14, 2026
The Universal Expressions of Love, Part 2: Compassion
Compassion as Buddhist practice and the four Brahma Viharas (divine abodes)Evolutionary psychology and survival mechanisms blocking compassionStress response and limbic system hijacking of empathy
View AnalysisMay 15, 2026
Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (22:07 min.)
Guided meditation practiceBody scanning and somatic awarenessBreath awareness and heart-centered breathing
View AnalysisMay 1, 2026
Flourishing in an Unraveling World: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Richard Davidson
Neuroplasticity and intentional brain trainingContemplative neuroscience research methodsFive-minute daily practice protocols for well-being
View AnalysisApr 23, 2026
The Honesty Challenge - Getting More Truthful with Ourselves and Our World
Mindfulness meditation and vipassana practiceSelf-honesty and shadow work in psychologyAddiction recovery and 12-step programs
View AnalysisNov 5, 2025
Meditation: Breath by Breath - Relaxing with Our Life (19:04 min.)
Breath-focused meditation techniquesBody scanning and somatic awarenessTension release and relaxation practices
View AnalysisNov 6, 2025
Trauma: The Light Shines through the Broken Places
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and prevalenceNeurobiology of trauma and nervous system dysregulationGenerational and intergenerational trauma transmission
View AnalysisNov 12, 2025
Meditation: Continuous Space Suffused with Awareness (19:21 min.)
Guided meditation practiceBody awareness and somatic awakeningBreath awareness and breathwork
View AnalysisNov 13, 2025
Clearing Space for Spirit: A Conversation with Tara Brach & Patty Morrissey
Spiritual awakening and ego transcendenceMindfulness and compassion meditation practicesSelf-compassion and the 'trance of unworthiness'
View AnalysisNov 19, 2025
Meditation: Collecting, Unifying and Opening the Mind (21:56 min.)
Guided meditation practiceMindfulness and present-moment awarenessBody scan and somatic awareness
View AnalysisNov 20, 2025
Awakening Compassion in a Fearful World: The Practice of Tonglen
Tonglen meditation practiceCompassion cultivation and trainingEmpathy deficit in digital communication
View AnalysisNov 26, 2025
Meditation: Inner Space - Gateway to Open Awareness (20:08)
Guided meditation practiceBody-scan awareness techniqueInner space visualization
View AnalysisNov 26, 2025
The Evolving of Generosity
Generosity as spiritual practice and habit formationGrasping and scarcity mindset psychologySelf-compassion and addiction recovery
View AnalysisDec 3, 2025
Meditation on Intention (22:39 min.)
Guided meditation and breath workIntention-setting and personal inquiryHeart-centered awareness and emotional intelligence
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