Tara Brach

“The body knows things the mind takes years to learn.”

“Saying yes to our pain, fear, sadness, or anger is not enjoying it. Yet it is the gateway to freedom.”

“This very moment is the perfect teacher.”

“Loving ourselves into healing is what allows us to heal others.”

“The way to develop courage is to face what frightens us.”

“Your goodness does not depend on your performance.”

“True acceptance is full presence to whatever is happening — not turning away from anything.”

“Healing happens through the willingness to feel — not through the willingness to figure it out.”

“Each time we pause and pay attention, we are weaving the fabric of awakening.”

“Don't believe everything you think.”

“Self-judgment is not the path to change.”

“In the quiet of meditation, we discover we are already whole.”

“The heart that has known suffering is the heart that knows love.”

“Compassion arises naturally as we touch our own pain with awareness.”

“Forgiveness arises in its own time. We can prepare the ground; we cannot force the harvest.”

“Each breath is an opportunity to begin again.”

“The nature of awareness is unconditional love.”

“In the depths of the heart, we are not alone.”

“Mindfulness gives us a way to step out of the trance of identification with thought.”