Of the variety of methods we offer to manage stress and pain, one of the most important is the ability to induce relaxation. I have thought about what methods would be the most helpful for you to be able to release tension and handle stress. The Three Breath Technique is amazingly simple and effective so [...]
Pain Lessons From the Boat
January 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I have had a lot of good feedback about The Boat Story. It seems that many readers relate to the process I outline there and can see their own situation a bit more clearly after reading the story. This is very gratifying and I thank those who have expressed their appreciation. Because of the interest [...]
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 [...]
Paying Attention
March 29, 2009 By
In our pain group session today we worked on something that everybody already knew how to do it — walking. However, we were teaching a method of walking different from the usual way that most of us walk. It involves maintaining the upper body as vertical as possible and moving forward by first crouching slightly, [...]
Just Start
March 18, 2009 By
Regular practice is the biggest obstacle everyone faces. There are a few people who are consistently disciplined but they are the few. Most of us struggle at one time or another with practice. This is generally due to the fact that the immediate results from a practice session are small and sometimes imperceptible. We prefer [...]
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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