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Have only skimmed this article but looks quite comprehensive and useful as a reminder that attributing persistent pain to structural issues can be a trap. Don't agree with his dismissal of "qi" though, as have great respect for "qi" from my experience with Tai Chi...

As usual, shortly after I made the post, I started getting the answer...same answers from kind people above. Thanks to all and namaste!

Once you can "feel" your inner child having temper tantrums, enraged all the time, what do you say to your brain? And is it your brain you imagine talking to, or your inner adult? As I understand it, the child is generating the rage, and the parent is generating the pressure (to be perfect...

Thanks for this, Ines. I have found during this journey that engaging my core gives me courage. You're right, it shouldn't be engaged all the time... When I did ballet we learned to "hold our stomach in" and breathe in the ribs, to the side especially (how else to breathe when wearing a tutu...

Thanks, Ellen. I wondered if the lines were scripted, and the "audience" were not actors...that does account for the "woodenness". I am on the right path! Yes, yes, yes. Namaste.

Okay, here's a tricky question (not a "trick" question!). Tricky in terms of difficult for me to ask. Because I feel there's an elephant in the room I haven't addressed, that's been bothering me. When I "think psychological", and divert attention from the body area feeling pain, to my brain, to...

Thanks, Walt, I have been doing the program. I just forgot! I have times when I'm in my body writing...and I see that when I made that post I'd allowed myself to keep writing so long I forgot I even could be mindful and write at the same time! Sheesh. Thanks for the reminder. Patience, patience...

Thank you, Andy B. True, I have found that the feeling of courage, being firm, is key...as well as the heart. Sometimes the feeling of firmness intrudes on the heart softness...I guess it is a matter of finding the right balance. I find I am automatically experimenting, in my body, with all this...

I am a writer and had to stop, I get so tense and disconnected from my body and the world around me. I've started again, and am looking for practical help. Anyone use timers from the internet or other systems to stop periodically? I have been using my iphone but I "cheat" and don't reset it to...

I am struggling between sending the bully in my brain that's causing pain messages of love, hate, or calm, firm, dismissal. Some people seem to be able to just see it as a bully and talk back to it...that hasn't worked for me yet. Love sometimes softens the pain. Calm, firm dismissal has worked...