Guided Meditation: The RAIN of Self Compassion with Tara Brach

[@miaglowgirl]

This practice has repeatedly transformed my relationship with struggle. Anyone who is here for the first time, repeat this practice, again and again, just like you would exercise regularly to stay physically fit. Thank you, Tara Brach!!!!

[@anaisdossantosbarroso6793sghh]

Txaa12

[@elainepeltier2015]

Thanks, I will be trying this tomorrow morning. I hope and pray that it works for me as well.

[@rachelglenn3696]

Rache😆😆

[@Mariadelabahia]

Thank you for comment. Reading this at a desperate moment helped me believe that I can heal.

[@beyondtheboxscore]

@@Mariadelabahia Yes, you can and this will help. Blessings

[@LifeDeathandStuff]

I am struggling with feelings of loneliness following my divorce and the death of my dog… Someone recommended the RAIN meditation. I just did one for the first time, I feel so much more peaceful. Thank you

[@fernandomagallon2627]

9:38 “My beloved child, break your heart no longer… each time you judge yourself you break your own heart.” 💗

[@iowa_diva]

The ER doc I saw today told me about this. I actually controlled my anxiety attacks this afternoon!! 🙌🏻

[@resquiciodeluz4860]

Love and support from Barcelona in Spain Amy❤❤❤ my therapist sent me to that meditation and it often saved me. I am just about to do it🙏

[@resquiciodeluz4860]

There is great hope for mental health if an ER doctor "prescribes" you the rain of self compassion fromTara Brach 🙏

[@jsensefi]

Thank you, Tara💗 2023 was hard for me and my friends. And even now the circumstances in my life are not easy, but I am so grateful to God that I found you, your talks and meditations are literally life-savings for me🙏 Blessings for all of us🕊️

[@nadiazayman779]

Yes, for me as well, Tara has been a light in dark times. Blessings to you🙏

[@theonedayatatimepodcast]

Tara, my friends and I have been meditating to this daily for almost 2 months now. This has been such a transformative gift for us all. From the depths of my heart, thank you!

[@yfoog]

Ok! I’m going to prescribe this to myself every day for the next 30 days and see how it goes! ❤️

[@ashleypade]

@@yfoog how did it go

[@yfoog]

@@ashleypade didn’t stick to it that long. I felt I was trying to hard to get rid of feelings by doing that. I just do it when I feel stuck now

[@ashleypade]

@@yfoog thanks for replying

[@christinecase9454]

Acknowledging the reality of the existing pain and inner turmoil is not negative. Healing occurs when I take the time to love even the darkest places. 🙏🏼😇⭐️♥️❤️ thank you Tara

[@niamhmrosullivan]

Well said!

[@cosmicGiGGles]

@@upstatenewyork - 'in spite of' is language in direct opposition to acceptance. To love all of you is to BE with all of you. 'In spite of' is still a rejection of that which you do not truly see as worthy of your own love - or the thought would hardly occur to you. We all do this. It's a difficult concept to meditate with, but this allows deeper insight into your own heart.

[@missdaytonax]

@@upstatenewyork I like to think that it's only an emotion, an emotion experienced by every single one of us, and that it's not ME, I'm not the anger, it's just the anger that's taking place in me and in that way is a part of me - and that's ok. Then again, you don't follow it and what it's telling you, just recognize the anger, let it be, but don't let it guide you in that particular moment. You and the love you have is greater and more powerful and with that love and patience you can find the capacity to just let go of the anger in the moments when you'd for example like to do something bad. I don't like to ignore it though, I like to experience and express it, but there are so many better options, walking, dancing, writing down on paper all your honest thoughts, even the darkest ones (for instance, some ugly things you'd like to say to another person in the moments of anger). If you write them down then you can look at them with a bigger distance and actually see that hey, these words aren't actually me - and in some way you can feel liberated and pure inside. I hope some of it works for you and helps you, I just wrote down whatever came into my head hahah. Wish you a lot of peace and acceptance of whatever you find in yourself ❤

[@irenagorenc7214]

@@cosmicGiGGles Some people think,they are bad, but are only hurted and ill.

[@booyile7494]

“Who am I when I am no longer believing anything is wrong?”

[@shielanaguit4559]

Cried at the end of this meditation. Felt like the hot and fat tears were all the judgments I've been in a trance with throughout this very stressful week. Thank you Tara for sharing your wisdom.

[@Brooke-k8y]

This makes me tear up. ❤

[@rinam2322]

Deepest gratitude to you Tara for this priceless gift. Something touched me at the soul level. Hearing your soft voice and compassionate words I saw myself embracing those parts of me that I abhorred so often. May the rain compassion fall on all beings 🙏🙏🙏

[@ellysfitness6693]

I love self-compassion meditations. They really help to ground yourself, clear head, accept and respect reality.

[@LisaWessan]

This meditation is in my TOP TEN FAVORITES...so beautiful, helpful and restorative. I play this once each semester in my DBT Skills Training Group to enhance their experience of radical acceptance and self-compassion❤

[@karinbrown3]

I would love to know what your other favorites are:)

[@AD-tw6qn]

I do the same with my DBT skills group. ❤

[@bunnybell1782]

‘Breath into the goodness that you are’ ❤thank you Tara 🙏

[@icare4you123]

"Break your heart no longer" has lifted a weight off of my body.

[@chrisdavidson6838]

So I listen to this almost everyday 😺. It helps me go to sleep 😴. I always find one way in which I am being hard on myself: lost in a trance 💗. Tara’s voice always effects. I accept myself. May we all be free of suffering. Xc

[@annemariehusser7738]

Thank you Tara for this beautiful meditation. I always feel better after listening to it. It's a release and unwinding of the harsh treatment I unknowingly put myself through. I am grateful to you and your gentle spirit.

[@rileydunbar6681]

Thank you this was very powerful. I find that I am at a very dark part of my life and this is exactly what I needed

[@jolenaddy]

I’m going through a really hard time right now and have been returning to this practice daily. It’s amazing how each time it’s a new experience and there’s always more space to open and receive love. I am so grateful for this meditation. It has been a shining light for me

[@eliziumcoaching]

This meditation has been with me in my most difficult moments in recent years. I have learned so much from you Tara. You have saved my life. I love you.

[@NouriMeditationLab]

I love this meditation for its emotional intelligence to deal with sticky emotions! ❤

[@dove2955]

Thank you so much Tara for this. Whenever I’m dealing with the dark I’m coming back to this video and this practice has been guided me to find the light in me through out the last couple of years. It’s changed my life. Forever grateful

[@rileydunbar6681]

I have practiced this for 5 days now while reading her book and my grip around struggle has dramatically decreased already I am actually able to sleep now which is huge for me ❤ thank you

[@paperprincess1050]

A few years ago I found this exquisite meditation that graciously helped me through an emotionally challenging time.

[@lady8152]

Thank you dear Tara, I use this a lot to soothe my aching self. Blessings to you and yours. C

[@ceallaighpender]

Thanks!

[@Metamarky]

Such a profound and beautiful meditation. It breaks me open to pure love every time. Thank you for sharing this Tara 🙏🏼

[@Wingedmagician]

I really need this. I couldn’t do another cookie cutter meditation. I needed to feel these feelings.

[@JW-rm3ci]

That quote at the end.from the Indian master is a game.changer. i am going to record it as read by tara and play it on loop all day at work, every day until i can start treating myself lovingly as i ought.

[@michaelleibman5189]

Thanks a lot, it's nice to hear the tones of peace, compassion, insight, care, wisdom, humor, helpfulness, guidance, sharing, intelligence, hopefulness, strength, openness, quiet, patience, kindness, and etc.

[@Pauline_mrt]

"Who am I if I am not any longer believing that anything is wrong?" 💙

[@tmamone83]

Thank you, Tara. 🙏Namaste🙏

[@MaryBurgess]

Thank you for helping me to forgive and release myself.

[@quercusrobar6850]

Tara, thank you for sharing. I come to this regularly when I need some love. I've got my hot pinball brain on today so your voice is soothing me. Your notion of RAIN also keeps me going; when you speak about negative thoughts as trance it helps me to understand. Listening from Worcestershire, UK 💫😊✌🧠

[@katrinamaile1357]

This was beautiful. Thank you 🙏

[@jesskittoloughlin3902]

This meditation is helping me incredibly at the moment. The teaching from Bapuji is so powerful. Thank you so much, Tara.

[@lisachapman8324]

Thank you Tara .. you have helped me more than words could ever express. You are extraordinary. a true healer. I thank god for you. Thank you for giving me a way to heal, get out of the Trance and reconnect with the truth of my being. 🙏may all beings everywhere be at peace and be free x x

[@ambientcarnage]

This meditation lifted up a little corner of light for me. Thank you.

[@philippascotland9901]

Beautiful and very freeing. It's so easy to forget that life can be easier! The photography of the lotuses is absolutely stunning. Thank you so much.

[@moniqueross3268]

Thank you so much, I needed to hear this. Me to myself - I'm sorry for being so hard on you, you are enough.... this is powerful, thak you Tara for blessing me with this beautiful meditation today!

[@christina2751]

today's meditation: anxiety, overwhelmed, stuck and frozen due to work -> you don't have to radically change. you can keep being who you are. gently preserve yourself while looking towards your higher self 22/04/2023 - discomfort at night -> you deserve good things, you deserve to live life. you deserve to enjoy life 23 apr - shame, conflict, stress, overwhelm -> acknowledge this is the life of the moment. you belong, you are part of this life. you are not to control. we don't have the capacity to control life. surrender and let life flow over you. 24 apr - feeling broken -> i offer my presence. you can always rely and depend on me. i am here for you 24 apr (night) - bored and anxious -> offer acceptance that this is life in the moment. offer companionship (empowered coz rain worked) 25 apr - feeling of not being understood (-> hypno) 1 may - i'm nothing -> i deserve good things, i deserve life 7 may - I am wrong, something is wrong with me, I don’t deserve to be here -> I will let you be, be free, let others opinions flow over you

[@gyarados6507]

This is amazing. Thank you so much Tara!!!

[@esperanzab.2552]

Your soothing voice and guidance to meditation is all I'll ever need Thank you so much

[@gianpaoloazara1562]

Esperanza B. English

[@alisongant3500]

Thank you, Tara. This meditation helped me to lighten up and give myself a break. I will listen to it again to remind myself when I am caught in a mindset of judgment.

[@chrisdavidson6838]

Thank you. I connected to the meditation and to myself. May we be well.

[@yfoog]

This is an incredibly powerful meditation! It always shifts things when I am stuck Thank you so much!!!

[@susansacco7583]

Thank you so much. Namaste 🙏

[@mindfulcommune]

This was a really great way to start my morning today. Thank you for this beautiful meditation. So much goodness

[@lovick80]

Thank you again for this loving support

[@safetynet3140]

Thank you for sharing the importance of self-compassion.

[@jimr692004]

Thank you dear Tara, this seems to be the only and the most divine way to heal the aching self, thank you for bringing Bapujis teaching to this healing meditation it’s like I heard it for the first time.... 🙏💛🙏

[@samanthabrown7497]

Beautifull thankyou ... I love myself a little more and surrender ❤️

[@marybracken385]

thank you Tara. this meditation reminds me to be kind to myself

[@syamiry1]

I don’t necessarily judge myself but may feel angry at someone else for their behavior. I still use this despite the lack of precision of what I am feeling or sending. For me It is not often about being irritated that my needs are not honored

[@nicolelewis14]

Very powerful. Likely not best for a first-time or beginner meditator. Best paired with Tara's talks about the RAIN process. Thank you.

[@salt_h2o_girl]

Can I ask why it's not recommend for a beginner? I'm new to all this and I have an extensive history of trauma (diagnosed with C-PTSD). I've been told to avoid guided meditations but don't know why.

[@lovespacemeditationandtarot11]

Wow, went from tears to peace with this... well, maybe still some tears but good thank you

[@kimberly-abriefongrief7777]

Tears are never a ‘bad thing’. They are form of the energy inside you that needs releasing 💕 I’ve found that if I remove the judgment/belief that tears are ‘not ideal’, it allows more freedom to cry and move emotions😄 love and blessings to you ❤️

[@adamc.3311]

Thank you Thank you Tara-Ji

[@Unaminousverdict]

Wow life changing thank you

[@bethb7965]

Thank you, Tara! You really help keep my thoughts and emotions in check. Namaste ☮🕊

[@georgeashton1057]

You are a healer thank you tara 🌹

[@albafernandezgaray2173]

Thank you so much

[@cathyrosa79]

Thank goodness for you ♡

[@relax.meditate.wellness]

Thank you Tara 🙏

[@creativpeople6171]

Tank you for this Beautiful and very powerful meditation.

[@andreiagouveia2586]

Thanks for the meditation! I've heard it so, so many times and it has helped me a lot♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@theresaredmon7723]

I send this to clients all the time ❤️ and to family and friends. Thank you 🙏

[@jd13681]

Thank you, Tara. I really needed this right now.

[@ODARAYOGA]

Thank you Tara!!

[@FeelingIsHealing]

Beautiful. Thank you so much Tara

[@isabellamclaren8891]

So powerful 🙏💚

[@joanneattard33]

Thankyou Tara

[@lisarost6335]

“My beloved child, break your heart no longer. Each time you judge yourself, you break your own heart. You stop feeding on the love which is the wellspring of your vitality. The time has come. Your time. To celebrate. And to see the goodness that you are. You, my child, are divine. You are pure. You are sublimely free. Let no one, no thing, no idea or ideal obstruct you. If one comes, even in the name of ‘Truth’, forgive it for its unknowing. Do not fight. Let go. You are God in disguise and you are always perfectly safe. Do not fight the dark. Just turn on the light. Let go and breathe into the goodness that you are.” Swami Kripalvanandaji (Bapuji) as copied from “Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha” by Tara Brach

[@petrahattingh8013]

Thank you for sharing, Tara

[@drdevikakhanna4979]

Thank you SO much 🙏🙏🙏

[@sahib5]

Lovely. Thank you.

[@ailsaburns]

Thank you for this meditation Tara. Xxx

[@autumnlarbre]

I really needed this -- thank you.

[@louiseblakley3540]

Love lovingly loves.♡

[@fvillahermosaf]

Thanks for the reminder 🙏🏼

[@girlwithflowers8058]

This was very emotional. Thank you 💐

[@jackperry6269]

Thanks so much. These kind words have helped so much.

[@hth2658]

I am in the middle of two things: Judith Beck's Cognitive Behavioral Course and the recovery of California's Carr fire and current status of the Herz and Delta fires....when Dr. Beck's ends to create a self Action Plan...I come here...my action plan is to listen and practice this meditation everyday until next Friday,September 14, 2018. Thank you Tara for your work. heiditownehillesheim

[@lorrainesammutvargas8227]

So helpful, thank you Tara 🌸

[@mervanaforemski5280]

helped me so much, blessings and thank you...

[@Jules.Gonzalez]

Beautiful 😻

[@ekeith03]

I needed this! Thank you

[@bridgettemalabre6911]

Thank you 💖

[@drorkoblenc7417]

Namaste

[@stevenkok1926]

Inspiring and mind knows.

[@theresaredmon7723]

Love this! Thank you 🙏

[@PaulAndrew430]

Wise words

[@larahannison3560]

Thank you..............

[@thechildseye3652]

Amazing video, we really like it!! Thanks for sharing, new friend ❤️💐

[@italiaboliverreynaud3308]

Thank you.

[@名誉ために日本人天の祖先]

Compassion for Myself

[@名誉ために日本人天の祖先]

I had compassion for myself I lived responsibly exercising good judgement and allowing relaxing as well without extremes that could have unacceptable consequences. I continue to have compassion for myself, I will keep living with good judgement. AND I will compassionately bow to the tendency and begin to trust myself more and accept that others do. I actually find nature is innocence

[@anniepavlick]

Amazing stuff!

[@Bigmuffin8]

“Who would you be if you no longer believe something was wrong with you?” 😭😭😭😭 I don’t even know but I’d sure like to ponder on who.

[@Fonixsed]

thanks tara wow

[@chooseaname1423]

Can someone tell me the name of the sounds at the end of the video? It brings such peace to me and I want to know the name so I can search it and hear it longer.

[@luciusveritas9870]

Wow this one is really great :D

[@marcoslara230]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@JBmadera]

so beautiful and helpful. does anyone know the correct spelling of the Indian Master's name Tara references at the end of the meditation?

[@juniem5438]

John Barry according to closed captions it's "Bapuju", the Indian Master. I love those words too.❤️

[@MsEllenoir]

Thich Nhat Hanh

[@gitikatalwar2168]

It's Bapuji, Swami Kripalu.

[@lisachapman8324]

Papaji x

[@janee8973]

Thank you. Beautiful and very needed. Love

[@moodydolly]

Thnak you so much