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09/06/2026

Ask Me Anything: Questions & Responses with Tara – Part II 💕🙏

How do we return to presence when we’re overwhelmed? How do we heal the trance of unworthiness, navigate difficult relationships, set healthy boundaries—and find compassion without abandoning ourselves?

In Part 2 of this Ask Me Anything series, Tara responds to questions from listeners about some of the most tender and challenging places in our lives. Together, we explore practical ways to come home to presence when emotions take over, how RAIN and self-compassion can help loosen deeply conditioned patterns, and how community and small moments of mindfulness can support us when life feels like too much.

We also look closely at relationships: what happens when someone we love is struggling and we cannot change them; how inner healing can transform the way we relate to a partner; and how we might meet betrayal, hurt and conflict with wisdom and care.

A central theme is the practice of a “strong back and soft front”—learning to set clear, courageous boundaries while keeping our hearts open. Compassion does not mean allowing harm, bypassing our wounds or forgiving before we are ready. Sometimes love asks us to protect ourselves, create distance and allow accountability. From that ground of safety and truth, genuine healing and compassion can unfold.

We close with a guided reflection for bringing mindful awareness to conflict, tending our own vulnerability and listening inwardly for what love is asking of us.

In this talk:
- Returning to presence during overwhelm
- RAIN and the trance of unworthiness
- Self-compassion and emotional healing
- Mindfulness in difficult relationships
- Healing after betrayal
- Healthy boundaries and clear communication
- “Strong back, soft front”
- Compassion without enabling harm
- Forgiveness, safety and accountability
- Working skillfully with conflict and reactivity

https://www.tarabrach.com/ask-me-anything-part-2/

09/06/2026

Meditation: Basic Body Scan (20 min.) 🙏💕

In this guided body scan meditation, we explore a simple and nourishing pathway into presence—awakening awareness through the living sensations of the body.

Beginning with a gentle softening of the eyes, face and shoulders, we gradually move awareness through the hands, heart, belly, legs and feet, sensing the aliveness that is already here. As the meditation unfolds, we widen our attention to experience the whole body as a field of sensation, allowing the breath and this moment to be just as they are.

When the mind wanders, we practice simply relaxing back into presence—again and again choosing a relaxed, receptive attentiveness. We close by bringing kindness to our own being and allowing that care to widen outward toward all beings.

This meditation can support relaxation, embodied awareness, mindfulness, nervous system settling and a deeper sense of presence in daily life.

https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-basic-body-scan-2-2/

09/05/2026

Yoga practice is not an exception to this general rule in life. Yoga is an ancient practice and a long path; we had better be clear of the milestones along the way. In other words, it is wise to first consider what is possible and what is not.

Mistaking the practically impossible for the realistically achievable is a recipe for pointless pursuit.

Three words are useful here: ultimate, distant, and possible.

The ultimate goal of classical yoga is complete stillness of the mind, but this is achievable only for the occasional rare soul. A distant goal for many yoga practitioners could be to sit in meditation for a couple of hours. Goals in the near term that are actually possible include increased strength and flexibility in the body, lightness and clarity of the mind, a sense of well-being and calm, more impulse control, etc.

— Excerpt from Yoga Reminder

To explore books authored by the Mohans, visit svastha.net/books

09/05/2026

Need a moment to come back to yourself?

Join Tara live today at 12 PM ET for her weekly Wednesday livestream—a space for meditation, spiritual teaching, and remembering what truly matters.

Watch live on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com//streams

09/05/2026

How might our relationships—and perhaps our world—change if we learned to listen with our whole heart?

Deep listening is not simply waiting for our turn to speak. It asks us to quiet ourselves, become curious, and create enough space to truly receive another person.

Over the coming weeks, we’ll explore 10 simple practices inspired by Tara’s teachings on the transformative power of listening.

You might choose one practice and experiment with it in the relationships that matter most to you.

09/05/2026

Awareness isn't about thinking harder about your movement — it's about noticing more.

Most of how we move happens below conscious awareness. The moment we bring gentle attention to a body part, we start reshaping that pattern — not by analyzing it, but simply by noticing it.

Try this right now:
Lie on your back, knees bent, feet on the mat.
Inhale → rock your tailbone down, feel a little hollow form under your low back.
Exhale → flatten your low back into the mat, tailbone lifts.

As you repeat, don't overthink it. Just watch:
✨ the curve of your low back changing
✨ a gentle compression on the inhale
✨ a soft lengthening on the exhale

That's it, just observing.

This is the foundation skill in our Movement Skills framework: Awareness — the starting point before alignment, mobility, stability, or strength can really land in the body.

👉 Learn to Move Well with the Mohans, for details click link in the first comment.

08/28/2026

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08/28/2026

08/28/2026

“Remembering past suffering can help us realize how much good fortune we have now and treasure the things we take for granted—legs to walk, eyes to see, the warmth of the sun, the sound of the rain.”
-Thich Nhat Hanh (Interbeing)