black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

Tara Brach

With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive presence to the feelings that accompany them.
TARA BRACH

Accompany Drama Feeling Kind Mindset Presence Recognition Training
The spiritual path is not a solo endeavor. In fact, the very notion of a self who is trying to free her/ himself is a delusion. We are in it together and the company of spiritual friends helps us realize our interconnectedness.
TARA BRACH

Company Connection Fact Freedom Path Spiritual
We wait for things to be different in order to feel okay with life. As long as we keep attaching our happiness to the external events of our lives, which are ever changing, we’ll always be left waiting for it.
TARA BRACH

Change Different Feeling Happiness Life Live Wait
When we open to love, we become love.
TARA BRACH

Inspirational Love Open Spiritual
Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is.
TARA BRACH

Acceptance Experience Live Ourselves Philosophy Spiritual Willing
There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life.
TARA BRACH

Bold Imperfection Liberty Life Mess Wonderful
Paying attention is the most basic and profound expression of love.
TARA BRACH

Attention Expression Love Pay
As we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
TARA BRACH

Expression Freedom Suffering Trust Wrong
Telling each other the truth and being who we are, and having space for the other person’s vulnerability in being who they are, allows us to move in a kind of dance together that’s very fluid and graceful.
TARA BRACH

Dance Each Grace Kind Person Space Togetherness Truth Vulnerable
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same old patterns.
TARA BRACH

Big Freedom Live Old Pattern Tragedy
The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to “the sweetness of belonging,” is acceptance – acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.
TARA BRACH

Acceptance Judgement Ourselves Reach Sweet Worth
The muscles used to make a smile actually send a biochemical message to our nervous system that it is safe to relax the flight of freeze response.
TARA BRACH

Biology Nervous Ourselves Response Safety Science Smile
When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.
TARA BRACH

Different Fear Imperfection Life Moments Wrong
Become a witness to your thoughts.
TARA BRACH

Sight Thinking Yourself
Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us.
TARA BRACH

Easy Eyes Love Ourselves Praise Time
The two wings of mindfulness and kindness will begin to open the heart to more connection with our world.
TARA BRACH

Connection Kindness Mindset Ourselves Wings World

But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Tara Brach Quotes