Healing Shame: a Guided Meditation with Tara Brach

Healing Shame: a Guided Meditation with Tara Brach [07/01/2020]

This meditation brings the clarity and self-compassion of RAIN to the suffering of self-aversion and/or shame. It helps us see the conditioning that shaped what we judge about ourselves, and helps us remember who we are beyond our habitual and painful self-narrative. This helps us to look with fresh eyes at our conditioning, and align our life more fully with our awakening heart.

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With thanks and love, Tara

[hs_marie]

For the past few weeks I have been thinking about past situations, and I feel horribly shameful about what I did. Over something little! It’s gotten to the point to where everything I do outside of my comfort zone makes me feel horrible. When you asked why I feel this way, it stumped me. Why do I feel shameful about growing as an individual? Asking a silly question? that made a room full of people laugh? Dancing at the bar? I did nothing wrong, I was just trying to have fun, and do what fills my heart!!

[thepowerfulpussycats]

This is amazing, I feel shame from having an abortion in my early 20s, having a toxic and unhealthy relationship as my first love experience, daddy issues, mommy issues, failed friendships, living with cervical cancer. Just so much for so long but now I am processing it and healing from having it out in the open.

[ashleyrose]

Thank you for all of you who cried along, who have met me at this place of healing 🙏🏼

[sophia.ciocca]

Oh Tara, I am so, so, *so* grateful for this meditation. I sobbed -- and when you asked "from the gold, what's my deepest intention?", the answer came so immediately -- "love, I just need love", this young one sobbed. After a day of my mind spinning in circles trying to "fix" or "figure out" this shame that has been annihilating me for so long, now I feel tender and compassionate towards myself. This sweet love is the medicine. Thank you so much. Deep bow. <3

[NtathuAllen]

"how did you learn to be the way you are"....such a powerful healing Meditation. Thank you

[nadiazayman]

This meditation alines so well with the IFS framework of healing the fragemented and often buried parts of ourselves by connecting with SELF, which is the wise, compassionate, and courageous center of who we are.

[thatsnotgabi]

so grateful to live in a time where we can share wisdom with each other this easily. thank you

[eliza]

This meditation literally saves my life...I didn't even know how much shame I had about almost everything in my life...its so powerful it blocks my abundance...💕

[cacampbell]

I am now 77 years old and have felt an intense need to go back into therapy this year. It’s helping but there are still often times (like right now) when I judge myself compulsively and harshly simply bc I succeed at doing something I urgently need (like strenuous outdoor exercise in bright sunlight).
The excitement, satisfaction, pleasure, peace I get from taking responsibility for meeting my own needs so successfully is like forbidden fruit. I grew up with a parent that I think felt so threatened by anything I succeeded at that she did whatever it took to crush any sense of agency that started to develop.
I am compelled to remember that I’m carrying her terror, her absolute inability to tolerate something so clearly healthy and normal in her only child as that child’s success.
I am also compelled to seek comfort and support on nights like tonight when self doubt and self hatred irrationally gnaw away at the joy I experienced earlier today.
My emotional and mental health needs are clear.
Thank you Tara for this meditation to address these kinds of problems with human existence.

[Soor]

I cried over something that happened months ago and I didn't think it would still hurt me this deeply. I've been carrying that with me all these months, maybe years. I hope to release some more of this soon!

[Schwartz]

I remember now. My basic goodness wants to radiate positive energy and light to share across the universe. We are one.

[jennymarshall]

Oh how deeply I just sobbed and let it out. I’m discovering how shame is my trigger and what I fumble through life with. Asking where it came from, facing it, and where do I want to go from this were so powerful. I feel more at peace. Thank you.

[artofguitar]

Namaste to you as well. I'm soaked in tears and have never been able to come near myself this way before. Thank you--and also for the smile at the end. I needed it.

[jennifermiceli]

Thank you Tara - I struggle with alcohol and it is shame based - I know that. Thank you for helping to lift the shame. I'll be listening to this a few times

[nrmf]

I’ve been feeling ashamed from school. God it’s just so exhausting and it feels like so much is asked of you so fast and on top of that having to deal with interacting with people and having to be a good nice person.

[mariaz]

I'm most grateful for your time and guidance.
I'm myself a Christian, for me that being of love and compassion is Christ, I have however not come across such helpful guidance as yours within my circles.
God bless.

[kittenstrutter]

I love your guided meditations. They all offer something unique. This one, however, resonates so perfectly with me at present. Thank you for the gift of kindness that you share.

[elenawilmott]

Thank you so much for this practice! I have been meditating on Rain for a few days now, and every time it touches my heart. Every time I cry for the ways I get down on myself. I always thought it was my fault. Thanks to your wisdom, kindness and guidance I get to understand myself better and better. I didn't know I can do that! I know what loving-kindness means now, and how much I was missing it. It makes me feel softer and brings hope to live again with a different perspective, and best of all to be able to share it with my family.
Namaste

[Mac-nyet]

Thank you, Tara, for helping me bring forth tears and compassion and emotions I've suppressed for years from fear of their power. This truly is "the Lorax's work, " as a 5-year-old friend says. God bless you.

[floatingtangerine]

This was an incredibly unique meditation for me and I am so glad that I have happened upon it. I think this may have to be a daily meditation for the foreseeable. Repetition is key. Great luck and best wishes to you all, in becoming.