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).

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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

Interview with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach by Alison Spiegel

Mar 29, 2022

Trike Daily Personal Reflections

Tara Brach on Overcoming Divisions

The greatest gift we can give each other is to be a mirror of goodness.

Interview with Tara Brach by Alison Spiegel

Dec 08, 2021

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The Boundary of Our Freedom

How unconditional acceptance can lower the walls in our heart and let the light shine through.

By Tara Brach with illustrations by Vicky Alvarez

May 31, 2021

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Meditating on Whiteness

How can we examine our own role in perpetuating racism—and deepen our commitment to save all lives?

By Tara Brach

Jul 07, 2020

Magazine Teachings

A True Taste of Peace

We can learn to let go of our negative conceptions of ourselves when we realize that they’re real but not true.

By Tara Brach

Spring 2020

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Escaping the Meditation Guilt Trip

You don’t have to wallow in self-judgment to hold yourself to a higher standard. Tara Brach explains why.

By Alex Tzelnic with Tara Brach

Mar 18, 2019

digitally edited photograph of a forest, rain mindfulness meditation

Magazine Meditation & Practice

Finding True Refuge

A mindfulness tool that offers support for working with difficult emotions

By Tara Brach

Spring 2013

Trike Daily Teachings

Tara Brach Video Teachings

In this two-part talk originally given at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington this past September, Tara Brach discusses embodiment and disembodiment, describing our bodies as “portals of awakening.” Weaving together fables, quotes, and her own personal stories and wisdom, Tara illuminates the ways that our mind and thought patterns often interfere with our ability […]

By Tara Brach

Feb 11, 2013