RAIN Mindfulness Meditation For Difficult Experiences

This meditation uses the R.A.I.N. acronym to more fully meet difficult feelings, sensations, and experiences. It begins with (R)ecognize & (A)llow, which are perhaps the two most important parts of meditation. In the (I)nvestigate stage, this meditation will emphasize going "out of the thoughts and into the body," experiencing the more core level of feelings. With the N, you'll learn to see it as a fork in the road, at times applying the tenderness of self-(N)urtring; and, other times, applying the wisdom of (N)on-identification, seeing the difficulty as nothing more than a cloud in the sky of awareness.