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Tara Brach is a leading western teacher of Buddhist meditation, emotional healing and spiritual awakening. She has practiced and taught meditation for over 40 years, with an emphasis on vipassana (mindfulness or insight) meditation. Tara is the senior teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington. A clinical psychologist, Tara is the author of Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha, True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart and Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of R.A.I.N. (Viking, Dec. 31, 2019). Tara is nationally known for her skill in weaving western psychological wisdom with a range of meditative practices. Her approach emphasizes compassion for oneself and others, mindful presence and the direct realization and embodiment of natural awareness.
Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame
2023
2022
Uncovering Your Natural Goodness
2021
2020
2020
Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
2019
Cultivating Trust, Understanding, and Love in All Our Relationships
2017
Nine Guided Practices to Awaken Presence and Open Your Heart
2012
Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
2012
A Professional Training Course for Integrating Mindfulness into Clinical Practice
2011
Finding Freedom in the Face of Difficulty
2009
Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
2000
A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from Shame
2000
