Fear and Love (retreat talk)

What becomes possible when we learn to imagine from presence rather than fear? In Part 2 of this series, Tara explores spiritual imagination as a powerful capacity for healing, transformation and awakening. When we are caught in stress, fear or limiting beliefs, our imagination c ...  Show more

Behind the changing sounds, sensations, feelings and thoughts is an alert inner stillness that is purely aware. This meditation begins with accessing the receptivity of a smile, awakening through the body and opening the senses. We then sense the background of awareness and relax ...  Show more

In this episode, we talk about how running away from fear can only lead us so far. Instead, we can train ourselves to observe our fears with a compassionate lens.

What I've come to know about fear is that we all experience it. We all have fear. It's part of a basic human emotion. But, I've also learned that the key is to make sure that fear doesn't have YOU. And that's just quite a dance. Doing that dance of having fear, yet fear not havin ...  Show more

We are on the fast track to transformation right now - and it can sometimes feel like too much that our minds want us to cling to the fears and false stories because they’re familiar, and feel safe. The truth is, we don’t want to leave our fears and stories behind - we want to le ...  Show more

This episode tells the story of a girl who learned to stop running from her fear and instead asked it from where it came and what it was wanting her to hear. When anxiety or tension swell in our bodies we often resist, fight or avoid them, we rarely question what what it came to ...  Show more