Bästa Brach podcaster (2025)

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Devotion: Grounds of a Path with Heart, Part 2 59:38

6d ago59:38

59:38

In this two-part series, we reflect on the power of devotion as a gateway to awakening that reconnects us with what we love most deeply. Together, we’ll look at how prayer and heartfelt longing can open us to the intrinsic experience of belonging we yearn for. Especially in these times of fear and division, cultivating our natural devotion helps us…

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Meditation: Relaxing into the Flow (25:03 min) 25:02

7d ago25:02

25:02

In this guided meditation, we are invited to rest in the aliveness of the present moment. Beginning with a reflection on intention, the practice guides attention through the body—softening, sensing, and allowing life to flow just as it is. With mindful awareness of breath, sound, and sensation, we reconnect with the heart and release into presence.…

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Guided Meditation: Loving This Life – Happiness – Metta (17:05 min.) 17:04

21d ago17:04

17:04

This guided meditation, grounded in the practice of Metta, invites us to awaken the heart by softening the body and quieting the mind. We begin with the simple image of a smile—opening to warmth, ease, and presence. With a tender attention, we rest with breath, sensations, and sound—gently returning when the mind drifts. As we offer loving phrases …

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Meditation: Relaxing into the Flow (25:03 min) 25:03

7d ago25:03

25:03

In this guided meditation, we are invited to rest in the aliveness of the present moment. Beginning with a reflection on intention, the practice guides attention through the body—softening, sensing, and allowing life to flow just as it is. With mindful awareness of breath, sound, and sensation, we reconnect with the heart and release into presence.…

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Devotion: Grounds of a Path with Heart, Part 1 41:53

13d ago41:53

41:53

In this two-part series, we reflect on the power of devotion as a gateway to awakening that reconnects us with what we love most deeply. Together, we’ll look at how prayer and heartfelt longing can open us to the intrinsic experience of belonging we yearn for. Especially in these times of fear and division, cultivating our natural devotion helps us…

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Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (21:40 min.) 21:40

14d ago21:40

21:40

This guided practice helps us come into our senses through a body scan. We then rest in the awareness that is listening to and feeling the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, the return is a relaxing back to our senses, and to the sea of awareness that includes and experiences the waves of life. From the meditation closing: As part o…

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Realizing True Well-Being, Part 2 56:58

20d ago56:58

56:58

Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two-part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us to live a meaningful life with a heart that is “happy for no reason.” In this tal…

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Guided Meditation: Loving This Life – Happiness – Metta (17:05 min.) 17:04

21d ago17:04

17:04

This guided meditation, grounded in the practice of Metta, invites us to awaken the heart by softening the body and quieting the mind. We begin with the simple image of a smile—opening to warmth, ease, and presence. With a tender attention, we rest with breath, sensations, and sound—gently returning when the mind drifts. As we offer loving phrases …

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Guided Meditation: Loving This Life - Happiness - Metta (17:05 min.) 17:05

21d ago17:05

17:05

This guided meditation, grounded in the practice of Metta, invites us to awaken the heart by softening the body and quieting the mind. We begin with the simple image of a smile—opening to warmth, ease, and presence. With a tender attention, we rest with breath, sensations, and sound—gently returning when the mind drifts. As we offer loving phrases …

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Realizing True Well-Being, Part 1 55:17

27d ago55:17

55:17

Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us to live a meaningful life with a heart that is “happy for no reason.” In this tal…

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Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (24:08 min.) 24:07

28d ago24:07

24:07

Taking in the Goodness: Rumi said, “Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of kindness.” This meditation guides us to look for the source of loving and to turn in that direction. It begins with a lovingkindness practice that spreads the image of a smile into the body, then continues with a practice of seeing the good…

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Heart Meditation: Taking in the Goodness (24:08 min.) 24:08

28d ago24:08

24:08

Taking in the Goodness: Rumi said, “Whenever some kindness comes to you, turn that way – toward the source of kindness.” This meditation guides us to look for the source of loving and to turn in that direction. It begins with a lovingkindness practice that spreads the image of a smile into the body, then continues with a practice of seeing the good…

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Realizing True Well-Being, Part 1 55:16

28d ago55:16

55:16

Buddhist psychology and the Western oriented field of positive psychology agree: How we pay attention determines whether we live primarily in fear and judgment, or happiness and peace. This two part series explores the teachings, practices and attitudes that enable us to live a meaningful life with a heart that is “happy for no reason.” In this tal…

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Blog: RAIN Partners Protocol – 2025 13:31

1M ago13:31

13:31

What Are RAIN Partners? RAIN, the process of bringing mindfulness and compassion to difficult emotions, can be practiced with another person in a way that is deeply healing. RAIN partners agree to practice together on a regular basis—weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or whatever arrangement works. A session takes 25-40 minutes and can be done in person, …

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Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 2) 57:32

1M ago57:32

57:32

Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound talk, Tara Brach introduces how the transformative power of the RAIN meditation can help us face fear with courage and compassion. By bringing mindfulness and loving awareness to fear, we can move beyo…

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Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart 57:31

1M ago57:31

57:31

Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound talk, Tara Brach introduces how the transformative power of the RAIN meditation can help us face fear with courage and compassion. By bringing mindfulness and loving awareness to fear, we can move beyo…

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Meditation: Relaxing with Life (21:38 min.) 21:38

1M ago21:38

21:38

This meditation begins with a body scan, and then we practice opening to and relaxing with our changing experience. The sitting closes with a beautiful poem by Danna Faulds, "Just for Now."Av Tara Brach

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Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 1) 58:17

1M ago58:17

58:17

Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound talk, Tara Brach introduces how the transformative power of the RAIN meditation can help us face fear with courage and compassion. By bringing mindfulness and loving awareness to fear, we can move beyo…

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Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence (23:49 min.) 23:49

1M ago23:49

23:49

This meditation establishes a kind attention by bringing the imagery and felt sense of a smile into the body scan and then, with the breath as a home base, opens the attention to changing experience. We end with a brief loving kindness reflection.Av Tara Brach

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Freedom from Inner and Outer Tyranny: The Path of Spiritual Warriors 47:01

2M ago47:01

47:01

Many agree that this is the most unpredictable and dangerous time we’ve ever lived through. How do we hold what is unfolding, and respond with courage and clarity? In this talk we reflect on the ways we become spiritual warriors dedicated to freeing ourselves from the inner domination of fear (hatred, delusion) and freeing our world from external f…

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Meditation: Coming Home to Openhearted Awareness (19 min.) 18:59

2M ago18:59

18:59

In daily life we often leave ourselves, get lost in thoughts, and cut off from a direct, openhearted experience of our life. This meditation reconnects by opening all the senses, turning towards the awareness that is here, and resting in the awakened heartspace that includes and tenderly holds our moment to moment experience (a special favorite fro…

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Equanimity - Part 4 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love 52:05

2M ago52:05

52:05

Part 4: Equanimity - unfolds as we find a wise balance and spaciousness in the midst of this living, dying world. This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In each talk we explore the habitual patterning that blocks our full realization of these innate capacities, and t…

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Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence (21:56 min.) 21:56

2M ago21:56

21:56

We arrive in presence by deepening attention in the body; relaxing and awakening through a body scan. That presence deepens as we bring our attention to the space of awareness that includes the changing flow of sounds, sensations and feelings. In that wholeness of formlessness and form, we discover our natural being - open, awake and tender.…

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Joy – Part 3 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love 52:39

2M ago52:39

52:39

Joy blossoms in the moments our hearts open boundlessly to reality, to the 10,000 joys and sorrows. This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In each talk we explore the habitual patterning that blocks our full realization of these innate capacities, and the understandi…

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Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome (18:40 min.) 18:40

2M ago18:40

18:40

This meditation scans through the body, and awakens attention to the open, inclusive awareness that all life arises in. We then explore experiencing that openness in the region of the heart, saying yes to life and including whatever is here with unconditional presence.Av Tara Brach

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Compassion - Part 2 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love 53:51

2M ago53:51

53:51

Compassion – the tender resonance of heart – awakens as we allow ourselves to be touched by our shared vulnerability. This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In each talk we explore the habitual patterning that blocks our full realization of these innate capacities, a…

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Meditation: Awareness is Our Home (21:39 min.) 21:39

2M ago21:39

21:39

This guided practice helps us come into our senses through a body scan. We then rest in the awareness that is listening to and feeling the changing flow of experience. When the mind drifts, the return is a relaxing back to our senses, and to the sea of awareness that includes and experiences the waves of life.…

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Lovingkindness – Part 1 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love 55:06

3M ago55:06

55:06

Discover the essence of lovingkindness in this first talk of Tara Brach's series, "Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love." This series delves into four primary qualities of an awake, wise heart: lovingkindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. In Part 1, Tara explores the nature of lovingkindness — how it can be blocked by our habitual p…

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Meditation: Living Presence (21:08 min.) 21:08

3M ago21:08

21:08

This meditation guides us to awaken to our senses through scanning through the body and then listening to sounds. When distracted by thoughts we relax open again and again, learning to rest in the formless awareness that includes sounds, sensations and all passing experience.Av Tara Brach

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Meeting these Times with Courageous Love 1:10:58

3M ago1:10:58

1:10:58

Many recognize that love is the antidote to the suffering in our divided world, yet finding the path to an open heart can feel more challenging than ever. This talk explores the full spectrum of love—both tender and open, as well as fierce, protective, and engaged. When we cultivate this courageous love, we are able to hold even those we see as ene…

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Meditation: Embodied Metta (19:37 min.) 19:37

3M ago19:37

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Lovingkindness becomes full when it is energetically experienced in our bodies. This meditation guides us in awakening the receptivity, warmth and openness of metta through our body, and then invites us to rest in the space of loving presence, as we open to whatever arises.Av Tara Brach

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The Infinite Game - From Self-Improvement to Spiritual Freedom 49:57

3M ago49:57

49:57

While meditation is widely practiced in today’s world, many miss the opportunity to tap into its profound potential to awaken the heart and mind. Beyond its surface benefits, meditation can guide us to the radiant light, boundless love, and pure awareness that is our true nature. This reflection explores how we often lose touch with the deeper poss…

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Meditation: Open Awareness – Relaxing Back into Presence (19:20 min) 19:20

3M ago19:20

19:20

This guided meditation practice brings attention to the continuous space within and around the body, and the aliveness of sound, sensation and feeling that lives through us. While it’s natural for attention to get distracted, the pathway home is a relaxing back into presence – the awake space that is aware of this changing life.…

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Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing – Part 3 45:33

3M ago45:33

45:33

Drawn from Tara’s book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embodied caring that heals and frees our hearts. Through the framework of this practice, we look at how we can reconnect with the gold of our true nature, navigating life’s challenges with m…

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Meditation: Receiving Life in Open Awareness (16:06 min) 16:06

3M ago16:06

16:06

Our habit is to try to manage our experience from a mental control tower. This meditation awakens us through the body, and then invites us to rest in that vast presence that includes the changing flow of life. When we inhabit that openness, there’s a natural arising of peace, wakefulness and tenderness.…

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Part 2 - Radical Compassion - Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing 59:11

3M ago59:11

59:11

Drawn from Tara’s book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embodied caring that heals and frees our hearts. Through the framework of this practice, we look at how we can reconnect with the gold of our true nature, navigating life’s challenges with m…

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