The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.

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So welcome. We'll do a guided meditation together. What I call a light rain of self-compassion,

please, please come sitting comfortably, find a way, a posture that lets you be at ease,

and also alert awake. And you might close your eyes, scanning and sensing your life,

but might want a healing attention, perhaps somewhere where you've turned against yourself,

somewhere that you've been judging or blaming yourself, or somewhere you're having a hard time.

Wherever you're feeling some difficulty in your life,

you can bring it close in now so you can sense the situation,

or maybe it's something you're anticipating is going to happen.

And just with some bravery, kind of go close into that situation,

and sense what's most disturbing.

What ways you feel like you've been failing or something's going to go wrong.

With the R of rain, what mindfulness recognize, whatever's predominant,

whatever emotion or mood is strongest, and it might be blame or judgment,

or it might be fear or anxiety, might be anger, irritation,

or the mental whisper, just name whatever you're most aware of right now.

And with the A, allow, really let it be here.

And this again takes some courage to just pause with it, let it belong like a wave in the ocean.

It's okay, just let it be here.

Not to add any judgment, not to try to fix it or ignore it, letting B.

With the I of rain, a simple investigating into the body,

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