Tara Brach

"This revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime."

- Tara Brach

"Who would you be if you trusted the basic goodness and beauty that lives through you?"

- Tara Brach

"There is something wonderfully bold and liberating about saying yes to our entire imperfect and messy life."

- Tara Brach

"Imperfection is not our personal problem - it is a natural part of existing."

- Tara Brach

"As we close, you might sense to yourself that this is a life practice of learning to live. Surrender the thoughts and surrender into the feelings… and surrender into that larger loving space. And you can feel from your own intuitive wisdom that remembering your belonging to something larger IS a pathway to peace and to freedom. And just knowing that will keep calling you home over and over."

- Tara Brach

"You might tell yourself: Just this moment or Just these few moments. Or you might set a short limit: Just these next 10 breaths, being with sensations. Then, if it’s still tolerable, move on to the next 10 breaths, and so on."

- Tara Brach

"When painful sensations arise and we can simply meet them with clarity and presence, we can see that pain is just pain. We can listen to pain’s message and respond appropriately—taking good care."

- Tara Brach

"Choose presence over hurry—peace arrives."

- Tara Brach