A blend of Buddhism and psychology

The American Psychological Association did a profile on a teacher and therapist I’ve often shared here on this blog. Tara Brach.

She is quoted in this article saying this:

You can think of spiritual practice as a kind of spiritual re-parenting … You’re offering yourself the two qualities that make up good parenting: understanding — seeing yourself for who you truly are — and relating to what you see with unconditional love. (read the whole article)

Such is the path to healing via meditation and diet and exercise etc. The spiritual path is a system of learning to live well so that we might also be healthy in mind, body and soul. There are many different paths. As many as there are people, really.

Tara Brach’s Amazon page.

Some of the posts on Beyond Meds with Tara’s work:

• A moment of calm — Tara Brach

• There is nothing unique about our suffering. (Tonglen, a compassion practice)

• Awakening compassion, a guided meditation

• Vipassana (mindfulness) meditation

• Guided Meditation: “Letting Life Be As it Is”

• the light enters us where we’ve been wounded: radical acceptance

• listen to pain’s message and respond appropriately—taking good care (radical acceptance)

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