There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is? — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
When we put down ideas of what life should be like, we are free to wholeheartedly say yes to our life as… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
This longing to express and celebrate life is innate and quite beautiful. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“We withdraw from our experience of the present moment. We pull away from the raw feelings of fear and shame by incessantly… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
The most powerful healing arises from the simple intention to love the life within you, unconditionally, with as much tenderness and presence… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
We wait for things to be different in order to feel okay with life. As long as we keep attaching our happiness… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Attention is the most basic form of love. By paying attention we let ourselves be touched by life , and our hearts… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
We may want to love other people without holding back, to feel authentic, to breathe in the beauty around us, to dance… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Radical Acceptance reverses our habit of living at war with experiences that are unfamiliar, frightening or intense. It is the necessary antidote… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I registered the dukkha of self-aversion with such clarity that I knew there was no freedom unless I could love this life… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our sorrow. We… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives is that freedom is possible, yet we can pass our years trapped in the same… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Even going through the motions is a way of establishing a new relationship with our inner life that is caring and tender,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
With an undefended heart, we can fall in love with life over and over every day. We can become children of wonder,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“to failure.” Playing it safe requires that we avoid risky situations—which covers pretty much all of life.” — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Managing life from our mental control towers, we have separated ourselves from our bodies and hearts. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
My understanding is that to love, we need to be able to totally surrender to the living/dying nature of this world. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
There is so much division in this world. So what is really the path of healing? It can begin in this moment,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
It is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems. Yet rerunning… — Tara Brach Copy Share
The great gift of a spiritual path is coming to trust that you can find a way to true refuge. You realize that you… — Tara Brach Copy Share
Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us. — Tara Brach Copy Share
By taking the time to explore charged memories in therapy we might uncover feelings that have been buried for decades. — Tara Brach Copy Share
To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing. If we… — Tara Brach Copy Share
The mistake we make is that when we're feeling another person is not treating us in the way that makes us feel secure and… — Tara Brach Copy Share
Our attitude in the face of life's challenges determines our suffering or our freedom. — Tara Brach Copy Share
My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of… — Tara Brach Copy Share
When we see the secret beauty of anyone, including ourselves, we see past our judgment and fear into the core of who we truly… — Tara Brach Copy Share
I think it's possible to have experiences of love without attachment, but I think part of our conditioning is to grasp at times, especially… — Tara Brach Copy Share
But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime. — Tara Brach Copy Share
Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality. — Tara Brach Copy Share
Discovering a richer quality of being-ness means to keep surrendering and letting go of resistance. — Tara Brach Copy Share
