To me, bringing mindfulness-bas ed practices to students, teachers and parents is some of the most important work we can be doing.… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If there's a demand of being together in a certain way, those expectations and judgements take away from that space and create… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
As long as we are alive, we feel fear. It is an intrinsic part of our makeup, as natural as a bitter… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Most of us need to be reminded that we are good, that we are lovable, that we belong. If we knew just… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
What would it be like if, right in the midst of this busyness, we were to consciously take our hands off the… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
When I watch that attachment happening, I see the beliefs that I have around it. If somebody's not paying attention to me… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
It's the beginning of opening to love. Even if there's not much feeling of compassion toward oneself, just say, "It's okay, sweetheart,"… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If I can forgive the attachment in myself and open to the vulnerability that's underneath it, then rather than fixating on another… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If it weren't for desire, the formless would not have come into form and engage creatively. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If I'm judging the attachment, myself, or another person, then I create separation. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If you let someone know you appreciate him or her, especially when you're going to disagree, it gets that person's defenses down. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If attachment then carries forward in a way that's not healthy, we need to let it be there without making it wrong… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
No matter what feeling comes up - numbness, irritability, shame - if I let it arise and play itself through, I naturally… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If [kids] get into loving relationships, they're afraid they'll be found wanting, won't have the looks or body shape our culture deems… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
If you can, do a gratitude practice: Each day write down three things you're grateful for. There are different ways to do… — 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 Image
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 Image
Sometimes the easiest way to appreciate ourselves is by looking through the eyes of someone who loves us. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
By taking the time to explore charged memories in therapy we might uncover feelings that have been buried for decades. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body. — 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 experience of… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image