{"podcast":{"title":"Tara Brach","slug":"tara-brach-385339","podcast_index_feed_id":385339,"rss_url":"https://tarabrach.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.tarabrach.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/e/d/3/1ed3109f6a33105cd959afa2a1bf1c87/Tara-Brach-Podcast-Series-Art-Green-2025-Lower_Res.jpg","author":"Tara Brach","episode_count":1607,"summary":"Tara Brach, Ph.D is an internationally known meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge. Tara shares a weekly guided meditation and talk that blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices. The podcast addresses the value of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion in relieving emotional suffering, serving spiritual awakening and bringing healing to our world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T00:19:04.714828+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tara-brach-385339"},"episode":{"title":"Meditation: A Listening Presence | Tara Brach","slug":"meditation-a-listening-presence-tara-brach","published_at":"2026-06-03T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tara-brach-385339/meditation-a-listening-presence-tara-brach","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tara-brach-385339","url":"https://tarabrach.libsyn.com/meditation-a-listening-presence-tara-brach","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tarabrach/2026_06_03_Meditation_A_Listening_Presence.mp3?dest-id=138667","summary":"In this guided meditation, Tara invites us to discover the healing power of a listening presence—an awake and receptive awareness that allows us to come home to the aliveness of this moment. Together, we'll explore how listening deeply—to sounds, sensations, the breath, and the heart—can soften the grip of habitual thinking and reconnect us with the peace, openness, and tenderness that live beneath the surface of our busy minds. As we rest in a relaxed and alert attention, we begin to sense the simple miracle of being here. Again and again, we gently return from distraction to presence, cultivating a compassionate awareness that can hold our experience with kindness and ease. This meditation concludes with an invitation to awaken the heart's natural capacity for care, extending our wishes for well-being to ourselves and all beings. Our introduction music is from \"Opening\" by Adrienne Torf, © 2025 ABT Music","meta_description":"In this guided meditation, Tara invites us to discover the healing power of a listening presence—an awake and receptive awareness that allows us to come h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1227,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tara-brach-385339/episodes/meditation-a-listening-presence-tara-brach/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tara-brach-385339/meditation-a-listening-presence-tara-brach.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}