The following reflection is led by Tara Brock.

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Find yourself a way of sitting, so you're comfortable.

Let your eyes close.

You may take a few full breaths inhaling deeply, filling the chest and lungs.

And then a slow out breath relaxing, releasing, and letting go with the out breath.

You might scan your life right now and sense a situation where there's a recurrent kind of reactivity that comes up, maybe with another person.

Where you feel that you go unconscious some, where you no longer have access to your inner resources.

It might be that you go into blaming or defensiveness, hurt, where you pull back or lash out.

It wouldn't pick a situation that feels that it's got a current of trauma in it that won't serve you.

But something where you feel you get your emotions get triggered.

You get some sense of strong emotion, maybe anxiety, fear, guilt.

And you might imagine if you're watching it in a movie, just letting the film roll till you get to the frame that most epitomizes when you're getting stuck.

You don't feel like you have many choices.

And freezing, pausing right there.

And sensing we begin with recognize the R of rain, just to notice what's predominant.

What is your most aware of in the moments of being stuck? Is it anger, hurt, judgment, embarrassment?

We begin rain by just recognizing you might mentally whisper whatever you're most aware of.

And the A of rain, the A of rain, allow it. Just let it be there.

The A of rain is a kind of pause where you give space to what's here without trying to change it in any way.

For some it might be helpful to mentally whisper yes. You're green to fully experience this with friendliness, with interest.

That allows you to move into the A of rain, which is investigate. You begin to really sense, so when I'm feeling this, where do I feel it in my body?

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