Tara Brach

Right, right, right. You're in my way, you know. And so she was very discreet. She just put it down and started retreating. And I turned and I saw her and I thought, wow, I don't know how long I'll have her, you know. So after she left, I did a practice with RAIN and the recognizes, recognizing, okay, guilt, but also anxious, right?

The allow is just what we were talking about earlier, Mark, which is, okay, just let it be here. This is the reality of this moment. It's here. Just not try to judge it or ignore it. Okay, anxiety, guilt. The investigate, it's not cognitive. That's an important piece. It's cognitive only. You might identify what you're believing.

The allow is just what we were talking about earlier, Mark, which is, okay, just let it be here. This is the reality of this moment. It's here. Just not try to judge it or ignore it. Okay, anxiety, guilt. The investigate, it's not cognitive. That's an important piece. It's cognitive only. You might identify what you're believing.

The allow is just what we were talking about earlier, Mark, which is, okay, just let it be here. This is the reality of this moment. It's here. Just not try to judge it or ignore it. Okay, anxiety, guilt. The investigate, it's not cognitive. That's an important piece. It's cognitive only. You might identify what you're believing.

And for me, I was believing, well, I'm letting her down, but I also could fail. But it's mostly somatic. With investigate, you're investigating, how am I experiencing this directly in my body? And for me, I could feel the clutching in my chest and just the tightness. and breathing with it, letting it be there, and really sensing what that part of me, that anxious, guilty place needed.

And for me, I was believing, well, I'm letting her down, but I also could fail. But it's mostly somatic. With investigate, you're investigating, how am I experiencing this directly in my body? And for me, I could feel the clutching in my chest and just the tightness. and breathing with it, letting it be there, and really sensing what that part of me, that anxious, guilty place needed.

And for me, I was believing, well, I'm letting her down, but I also could fail. But it's mostly somatic. With investigate, you're investigating, how am I experiencing this directly in my body? And for me, I could feel the clutching in my chest and just the tightness. and breathing with it, letting it be there, and really sensing what that part of me, that anxious, guilty place needed.

And what it really needed was to be reminded of my goodness, that I was a loving being and that the truth would flow through in teaching. It wasn't going to take a whole lot of selfing to do it. And so that was the nurturing. The nurturing was...

And what it really needed was to be reminded of my goodness, that I was a loving being and that the truth would flow through in teaching. It wasn't going to take a whole lot of selfing to do it. And so that was the nurturing. The nurturing was...

And what it really needed was to be reminded of my goodness, that I was a loving being and that the truth would flow through in teaching. It wasn't going to take a whole lot of selfing to do it. And so that was the nurturing. The nurturing was...

I like to put my hand on my heart and I often teach it with nurturing the self-compassion just to say, it's okay, sweetheart, you know, just trust your goodness. And, um, Right. There's a piece with rain where I call it after the rain, where you just sense the presence that is emerging.

I like to put my hand on my heart and I often teach it with nurturing the self-compassion just to say, it's okay, sweetheart, you know, just trust your goodness. And, um, Right. There's a piece with rain where I call it after the rain, where you just sense the presence that is emerging.

I like to put my hand on my heart and I often teach it with nurturing the self-compassion just to say, it's okay, sweetheart, you know, just trust your goodness. And, um, Right. There's a piece with rain where I call it after the rain, where you just sense the presence that is emerging.

And after that kind of presence and compassion, I could just feel I was resting in a much larger, more peaceful, more spacious, more tender place. And I practiced this a lot, Mark, for a few months when my mom, this is still the early days of her being here. And I found that I started really showing up more. We could have our salads in the evening, these giant salads, and I'd just be present.

And after that kind of presence and compassion, I could just feel I was resting in a much larger, more peaceful, more spacious, more tender place. And I practiced this a lot, Mark, for a few months when my mom, this is still the early days of her being here. And I found that I started really showing up more. We could have our salads in the evening, these giant salads, and I'd just be present.

And after that kind of presence and compassion, I could just feel I was resting in a much larger, more peaceful, more spacious, more tender place. And I practiced this a lot, Mark, for a few months when my mom, this is still the early days of her being here. And I found that I started really showing up more. We could have our salads in the evening, these giant salads, and I'd just be present.

And we'd go for our walks by the river. And she died maybe three years later. And deep grief, of course, but not regrets. And I realized that... RAIN had saved my life moments with my mother. It had really given me that. And so it's just an example of how I'd been caught in the stories and the feelings.

And we'd go for our walks by the river. And she died maybe three years later. And deep grief, of course, but not regrets. And I realized that... RAIN had saved my life moments with my mother. It had really given me that. And so it's just an example of how I'd been caught in the stories and the feelings.

And we'd go for our walks by the river. And she died maybe three years later. And deep grief, of course, but not regrets. And I realized that... RAIN had saved my life moments with my mother. It had really given me that. And so it's just an example of how I'd been caught in the stories and the feelings.

And by interrupting with RAIN, which is just mindfulness and compassion, it really shifted my inner patterning.