Do you have chronic pain?
I’ve gone through various phases with it.
During childhood, I had daily migraines.
(Turns out that’s because I have PTSD from early childhood trauma!)
I’ve had some pretty deep healing phases, including an 18 month ACL replacement that took two surgeries to figure out.
I don’t know if I know what your pain is like, but here’s what my pain was like:
Exhausting
Sharp
Aching
Distracting
Isolating
This meditation is not going to cure your chronic pain.
But it will change your relationship to it.
Pain is a message, not a punishment.
Pain is your nervous system telling your brain, “Something’s off. We need to do something different.”
In your wisdom, you get to decide what that something different is.
Maybe it’s paying the close attention to the pain that seems unbearable, that we will do anything to escape.
Give it a try.
Let me know how it goes.
All content for Splendid Yoga is the property of Morgan Balavage and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
Do you have chronic pain?
I’ve gone through various phases with it.
During childhood, I had daily migraines.
(Turns out that’s because I have PTSD from early childhood trauma!)
I’ve had some pretty deep healing phases, including an 18 month ACL replacement that took two surgeries to figure out.
I don’t know if I know what your pain is like, but here’s what my pain was like:
Exhausting
Sharp
Aching
Distracting
Isolating
This meditation is not going to cure your chronic pain.
But it will change your relationship to it.
Pain is a message, not a punishment.
Pain is your nervous system telling your brain, “Something’s off. We need to do something different.”
In your wisdom, you get to decide what that something different is.
Maybe it’s paying the close attention to the pain that seems unbearable, that we will do anything to escape.
Give it a try.
Let me know how it goes.
Pema Chödrön tells us that hopelessness is the solution to fear.
We are in a period of losing our footing.
Things that felt familiar and secure …aren’t.
Everything you knew to be true …isn’t.
This is a beautiful time to liberate yourself from anything that doesn’t serve you.
This is a beautiful time to practice gratitude for what you have.
Because we’re about to learn just how little we can live with.
We may as well be grateful for it.
It makes it easier.
Promise.
Splendid Yoga
Do you have chronic pain?
I’ve gone through various phases with it.
During childhood, I had daily migraines.
(Turns out that’s because I have PTSD from early childhood trauma!)
I’ve had some pretty deep healing phases, including an 18 month ACL replacement that took two surgeries to figure out.
I don’t know if I know what your pain is like, but here’s what my pain was like:
Exhausting
Sharp
Aching
Distracting
Isolating
This meditation is not going to cure your chronic pain.
But it will change your relationship to it.
Pain is a message, not a punishment.
Pain is your nervous system telling your brain, “Something’s off. We need to do something different.”
In your wisdom, you get to decide what that something different is.
Maybe it’s paying the close attention to the pain that seems unbearable, that we will do anything to escape.
Give it a try.
Let me know how it goes.
