When I wanted to switch to a meditation practice that felt accessible, a former boss and now genuine friend recommended her therapist, Tara Brach. By that time, Brach had segued to focusing on being a meditation teacher. I became a fan of Brach's dharma talks, joining about 200,000 other folks from over 150 countries who download and listen to her regularly. You can as well at www.tarabrach.com.

In 1998, Tara founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. (IMCW), which is now one of the biggest non-residential meditation centers. You can take one of her workshops, at places like Kripalu in Massachusetts and Omega in New York. She is also the author of the book Radical Acceptance (2003) and True Refuge: Finding Peace & Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart (Bantam, 2013). Brach helped create the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship and co-founded the DC-based Meditation Teacher Training Institute.

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