{"id":105,"date":"2010-08-26T07:03:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T07:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/08\/teachers-talks-tara-brach.html"},"modified":"2010-08-26T07:03:58","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T07:03:58","slug":"teachers-talks-tara-brach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mindfulnessmatters\/2010\/08\/teachers-talks-tara-brach.html","title":{"rendered":"Teachers &amp; Talks: Tara Brach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tara Brach, Ph.D., &nbsp;is a beloved dharma teacher and&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; \">the founder and senior teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, and teaches Buddhist meditation at centers in the United States and Canada (such as Kripalu and Omega). A clinical psychologist and author of Radical Acceptance- Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, she has taught extensively on the application of Buddhist teachings to emotional healing.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarabrach.com\">http:\/\/www.tarabrach.com<\/a> Visit her website: www.tarabrach.com.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">I have had the honor to sit with Tara and she is a warm, compassionate, and genuine teacher.&nbsp;<br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11693669?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11693669\">Tara Brach  &#8220;Sacred Pause&#8221;<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/omegainstitute\">Omega Institute<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/11693664?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/11693664\">Tara Brach  &#8220;Power&#8221;<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/omegainstitute\">Omega Institute<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tara Brach, Ph.D., &nbsp;is a beloved dharma teacher and&nbsp;the founder and senior teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, and teaches Buddhist meditation at centers in the United States and Canada (such as Kripalu and Omega). 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