The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
TARA BRACHThe most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence as possible.
TARA BRACHRelaxation is the doorway to both wisdom and compassion.
TARA BRACHEmotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.
TARA BRACHIf our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
TARA BRACHThrough the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.
TARA BRACHLonging, felt fully, carries us to belonging.
TARA BRACHTelling 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 BRACHThe boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.
TARA BRACHObserving desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live.
TARA BRACHWe can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-moment lives.
TARA BRACHAs we free ourselves from the suffering of ‘something is wrong with me, ‘we trust and express the fullness of who we are.’
TARA BRACHThe 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 BRACHWhen we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as it is.
TARA BRACHWhen we open to love, we become love.
TARA BRACHOur attitude in the face of life’s challenges determines our suffering or our freedom.
TARA BRACHImperfection is not our personal problem – it is a natural part of existing.
TARA BRACH