“Meditation is not a process of learning how to meditate; it is the very inquiry into what is meditation. To inquire into what is meditation, the mind must free itself from what it has learned about meditation, and the freeing of the mind from what it has learned is the beginning of meditation.” – J. [...]
Virtual Reality for Meditation and Pain Management
October 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Now here is something that may provide all our group members with a feeling of accomplishment. An article appeared in the news about some research done in British Columbia. It involves the use of a virtual reality environment to simulate, for instance, a walk in the woods. I’ve included a link to the article below. [...]
Take a look at the “What is Pa…
June 30, 2009 By
Take a look at the “What is Pain” series at http://www.mindbodytraining.org
Inner Sensitivity
May 25, 2009 By
We worked on this yesterday with a specific exercise involving some fine tuning of feeling sensations in the limbs. In order to increase your ability to feel the more subtle sensations in the body, you need to be very relaxed. This relaxation is not some vague, fluffy idea of “Oh, I’m so relaxed”, but rather [...]
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April 22, 2009 By
Check out out blog at http://www.mindbodytraining.org
Helping people use their mind …
April 6, 2009 By
Helping people use their mind to control their experiences. Powerful ways to manage stress and chronic pain.
Pain and Awareness
March 14, 2009 By
During some chronic pain group therapy sessions we instruct participants in how to do a fairly complex exercise that involves shifting the weight from side to side while turning the hips and moving the arms in a specific pattern. We call this exercise the Five Circles because the movement of the arms describes 5 circles [...]
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