Managing Intense Emotions with Mindfulness: The RAIN Dance
United States Department of Homeland Security
Key Points
- The RAIN dance helps clients to apply mindfulness to intense emotions.
- Clients learn the process of Recognize, Allow, Inquire, Nurture.
- Recognize emotions and their physical manifestations in the body.
- Allow emotions to come and go as a wave.
- Inquire about them with humor, empathy, and curiosity.
- Nurture means engaging in basic self-care or self-soothing.
