Tara Brach
Psychologist and Teacher
- Expertise :
- Languages : english
- Website : https://www.tarabrach.com/
- Podcast : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tara-brach/id265264862
TARA BRACH is a clinical psychologist, an internationally known teacher of mindfulness meditation and author. She is a proponent of Buddhist meditation and her teachings are a mixture of Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, mindful attention to our inner life, and a full, compassionate engagement with our world. Tara founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. This foundation has now become one of the largest and most dynamic non-residential meditation centres in the United State.
Tara specializes in Buddhist teachings and mindfulness meditation and emotional healing. She has been helping people in healing their inner wounds and making their lives more meaningful through meditation. Tara has written many books on many subjects including Radical Acceptance, True Refuge and Radical Compassion.
Tara obtained her bachelor’s degrees in psychology and political science from Clark University. After gaining a bachelor degree, she moved to Fielding Graduate University where she earned doctoral education in clinical psychology. During her studies, Tara kept on working as a grassroots organizer for tenants’ rights. Her love for yoga inspired her to learn it and she started taking yoga classes. After completing college, she lived in an ashram for ten years where she practised and taught both yoga and concentrative meditation. Tara got to attend her first Buddhist Insight Meditation retreat, led by Joseph Goldstein after leaving the ashram.
Tara is also a PhD degree holder. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Fielding Institute with a dissertation exploring meditation as a therapeutic modality in treating addiction. She completed her five-year Buddhist teacher training program at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Tara teaches Buddhist meditation at centres for meditation and yoga and offers workshops and leads silent meditation retreats across the United States and Europe. Tara has been helping people with emotional healing and spiritual awakening.
Moreover, Tara has been featured in several radio talk shows and writes numerous articles, videos, and hundreds of recorded talks. She offers online courses on mindfulness and compassion. Tara resides with her husband, Jonathan Foust who is a yoga and meditation teacher in Virginia.
EVENTS by Tara Brach
- Power of Awareness: 7-week Online Training – Mindfulness & Compassion
- Wednesday Evening Talk & Live Q/A with Tara Brach (New offering on first Wednesday of each month)
- Home 5-Day New Year’s Retreat: Awakening the Heart of Compassion – Reisterstown, MD
ONLINE COURSES by Tara Brach
- Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (registration now open)
- The Power of Awareness (REGISTRATION OPEN – next class starts on November 2)
- How to Become A Mindfulness Meditation Teacher (online course via Insight Timer)
- Mindfulness Daily (FREE-Register any time)
- Mindfulness Daily @ Work (FREE – register and start any time)
- Meditation and Psychotherapy: Online Video Course for Integrating Mindfulness into Clinical Practice (join the waitlist)
- Free Yourself From Blame & Resentment – Cultivating a Forgiving Heart (via Insight Timer app)
- Forgiveness – Using Mindfulness to Release Resentment and Blame
- Releasing Negative Beliefs & Thought-Patterns – Using Mindfulness To Break Out of the Trance
- Mindfulness for Anxiety and Sleep: Learn Practices that Help Reduce Stress and Calm Fears
- Freeing Ourselves with Mindfulness: Using mindfulness and meditation to heal harmful habits, attachments, and addictions
- Flourishing in Stressful Times
- Radical Acceptance: The Freeing Power of Mindfulness and Meditation
- Awaken Your Heart, Creativity, and Wisdom
- Radical Self-Acceptance: Healing Shame and Fear in Clinical Practice
BOOKS by Tara Brach
- Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
- UK EDITION – Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN
- True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart
- Mindfulness Meditation: Nine Guided Practices to Awaken Presence and Open Your Heart
- Radical Acceptance: Guided Meditations (only available as a download)
- Meditations for Emotional Healing: Finding Freedom in the Face of Difficulty
- Nourishing Intimacy
- Finding True Refuge: Meditations for Difficult Times
- Radical Self-Acceptance: A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from Shame
- Releasing the Grip of Fear: Discovering the Blessings of an Undefended Heart
- How to Meditate – Download Free PDF Booklet
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