It is natural that our minds replay old stories, because that is our own mechanism for trying to work out unresolved problems.… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality. — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“After several days, I had a pivotal interview with my teacher. When I described how I’d become so overwhelmed, she calmly asked,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I think the reason Buddhism and Western psychology are so compatible is that Western psychology helps to identify the stories and the… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
With mindfulness training we are able to recognize when we get lost in our mental dramas, and bring a kind and nonreactive… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
We are mindful of desire when we experience it with an embodied awareness, recognizing the sensations and thoughts of wanting as arising… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“If we are taken over by craving, no matter who or what is before us, all we can see is how it… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating… — 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
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
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
“Whatever you think or do regularly becomes a habit, a strongly conditioned pathway in the brain. The more you think about what… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I might find that I have a habit of being jealous and comparing myself with other people and riveting my attention on… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
The process of radical acceptance is to accept that a story has appeared in the mind, and then deepen the attention to… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Just come into stillness. Have your intention be to relax with the breath. That will begin to set in motion a habit… — 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
The emotion of fear often works overtime. Even when there is no immediate threat, our body may remain tight and on guard,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self… — 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
