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Breaking the Trance
An excerpt of a conversation between Tara Brach and Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen
Tara Brach
Tara Brach has been practicing and teaching meditation since 1975, as well as leading workshops and meditation retreats at centers throughout North America and Europe. She has a PhD in clinical psychology, is the founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW), and is the author of Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, Radical Compassion, and Trusting the Gold: Uncovering Your Natural Goodness (Sounds True 2021).
Say Yes!
A brief teaching from Tara Brach on accepting what is within us and around us
What Is Love Asking from Us?
Reflections on Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel
Breaking Free of the Trance of Unworthiness
How radical acceptance can free us from feelings of inadequacy and isolation
The Myth of Separation
Tara Brach and Konda Mason on plant-based eating
Training Wheels
Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach think qualified meditation teachers are needed now more than ever, so they’re building a global community and curriculum to help
Tara Brach on Overcoming Divisions
The greatest gift we can give each other is to be a mirror of goodness.
The Boundary of Our Freedom
How unconditional acceptance can lower the walls in our heart and let the light shine through.
Meditating on Whiteness
How can we examine our own role in perpetuating racism—and deepen our commitment to save all lives?
Podcasts
The Courage to Choose Love
Meditation teacher Tara Brach discusses how cultivating courage and compassion can counter the dangers of what she calls the “trance of separation.”
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Revisiting Radical Acceptance
In this episode of Tricycle Talks, meditation teacher Tara Brach discusses how radical acceptance can free us from feelings of inadequacy and isolation.
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Radical Compassion
Tricycle’s Editor and Publisher James Shaheen sit down with Tara Brach, author and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C., to discuss how we can use RAIN to break our addiction to self-judgment by becoming more aware of the ways we react and relaxing our identification with our feelings.
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