Coping with Pain: Part 4

Another way to cope with pain is through meditation. How thoughts create the experience we have in life. By changing our thoughts we change our experience.

Meditation helps us to change our thought patterns. Find a comfortable posture. Keep your back straight (but not rigid). Start with a few slow deep breaths. You can close your eyes if you wish. Follow your breath from its entry through the nose, down through the body and up and out through the body. You can also repeat the universal mantra OM on the in-breath and on the out-breath.

When you find your mind wandering and thinking about all sorts of things know that this is the nature of the mind and simply and gently bring your attention back to the breath and to OM. I would also like to suggest that you silently repeat this mantra through the day as you engage in your daily activities. This is a profound and deep practice that will help to center you and quiet your mind.

To learn more about meditation or if you want to chat with me just call 845-255-4175 or email me at jeff@healing-wellness-counseling.com to schedule a free 15 minute consult or to ask a question.