Mindfulness Skills - Video 20 - Flashcard Set
What does the RAIN acronym stand for?
Recognize, Allow, Investigate, and Nurture or Non-Identification.
What is the purpose of the RAIN practice?
To cultivate and apply mindfulness and help individuals deal with difficulty.
What does recognizing mean in the RAIN practice?
To notice what’s going on in the moment and name it.
What does allowing mean in the RAIN practice?
Not trying to get rid of the experience but making space and letting it be.
What does investigating mean in the RAIN practice?
Exploring the dimensions of the experience and offering the quality of gentleness or friendliness.
What does nurturing or non-identification mean in the RAIN practice?
A shift in identity where one is no longer identified with the narrow egoic reactive self, but rather the natural loving awareness.
What is the importance of intentional mindfulness in the RAIN practice?
It reengages the frontal cortex and activates the compassion network.
When is RAIN needed?
Anytime one is stuck in a small place or caught in an egoic sense of something’s wrong, endangered, threatened, or is feeling tightness or smallness.
How can RAIN be practiced?
In vivo or intentionally reflected upon to slow down and look at what’s happening, without judgment.
What is the end goal of RAIN?
A presence with what’s going on, a larger sense of being that remembers the goodness, awareness, and love that’s here.
What is the importance of self-compassion in practicing RAIN meditation?
It helps to shift from a separate, unworthy, victimized self to a space of presence and kindness.
What is the story of Roberto De Vicenzo?
An Argentine golfer who exemplifies the inner freedom that is possible when we shift from the place that’s confined in the egoic self to that openness and presence.
