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New Program Day 10: Somatic Tracking II: Anxiety Strikes Back
Here is a link to a meditation on somatic tracking that I use/used to overcome my pain:

http://www.mindfulness-solution.com...ons - MP3 Files/Separating the Two Arrows.mp3

The first part of it gets you to follow your breath. That usually did it for me. He then gets you to focus on the pain with curiosity and relax into it and to separate your thoughts from the physical sensations themselves. I still use this as a tool for staying calm and indifferent to any pain I may experience and it dispels it very quickly. This method is another tool to take back control of your mind body.