Guided practices help us to pause, rest, focus and deeply experience the present moment of our life. They support us in coming home to ourselves over and over, so that resting our presence in our body becomes a habit. 

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Wishing you much joy and peace in your practice,

With deep gratitude for this path we walk together,
Orlaith

RAIN

This heart-based practice helps us to notice where we're stuck in judgement, and to soften there to a more loving, compassionate presence. My deep gratitude to Michele McDonald, who developed this meditation, and to Tara Brach, for her many sharings on this beautiful practice.

The sense of something being repaired with gold (rather than being discarded) is how RAIN meditation sometimes feels for me. This tender attention, like liquid gold, that can heal and repair the parts of ourself that we break away from.

Please be gentle with yourself as you approach this. We choose small - medium situations in order to learn this practice; that way we can feel safe as we grow in our ability to care for ourselves.

RAIN is like a training for our heart, and we may need to explore it a few times in order to get a deep sense of the process and to make it our own. You can pause the meditation if you want more time with a stage of RAIN, and you can also allow yourself to write or draw a message of kindness or care.

RAIN Process

R - recognise a situation where you've turned on yourself

A - allow it to be, just as it is

I - investigate with a kind attention, what is the felt experience for me. How does this feel in my body. What needs attention?

N - nourish the experience, whatever message of healing, kindness, wisdom, truth it needs.

...and then rest and relax in the post-RAIN feeling.