meditation

Hi All, For those who are new to the world of meditation, this is a great interview with Ed and Deb Shapiro. I would highly recommend watching it as it explains some useful questions, which I struggled with at the beginning e.g how do I know if i am meditating correctly etc. All the...

Hello, I wanted to ask about recommended self soothing techniques - I have had arm pain for six months and am now on Day 17 of the treatment plan. I do not have pain when I am distracted or away from my identified stressers. The problem is that my stress is a situation at home and I must face it...

Many people posting to the TMSWiki forums say they are suffering back or other bodily pain but also are experiencing a lot of anxiety, worry, and fear. They also either have a hard time falling asleep or sleeping at all. Others say they just don’t know how to practice mindfulness (living in the...

I'm trying to find some kind of MP3 or meditation, something that reinforces those thoughts that I am okay and I do have tms. As Steve ozanich stated but I can't find anything like that. I am getting better but I feel like that would take me over the top and be symptom free of my anal pain from...

How to Relieve Anxiety, Worry, and Fear Many people are posting about anxiety, worry, and fear. I have found some very helpful suggestions from many sources on how to deal with these emotional problems that cause TMS. Mainly, they suggest practicing mindfulness, deep breathing, and laughing...

Hi all I just tried this and found it soooo soothing:

This is the official thread for Section 3.4 of the TMS Recovery Program donated by Alan Gordon of the Pain Psychology Center (PPC). This section is entitled "Mindfulness." Neither Alan nor the PPC necessarily endorses this thread or any of the viewpoints presented in it. Please keep these...

The On Being radio show/podcast has an interesting interview on mindfulness and mindbody concepts: http://www.onbeing.org/program/ellen-langer-science-of-mindlessness-and-mindfulness/6332

This is an excellent 12 minute video by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn on mindfulness. It’s about breathing and meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...50oj45s He is a professor of medicine emeritus and creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care...

Hi Everyone, There's been about a week between my day 5 and 6...I read on a post, not sure who wrote..maybe Ozanich, that is was OK to take time between the daily program, if needed. This was a great relief as I found myself generating some tension to keep to it strictly. Also, day 5 was...

relaxing music http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=B7WVrKr62CY

After seeing the BBC programme (Can you change your personality?) that Forest posted about, I have been encouraged to start myself. Andy Puddicombe was on the programme and I have found a clip on youtube where he puts it into very simple language. He also has a web-site where you can access 10...

Everything we do, every step we make. Even when were out and don’t think we can do it any longer, we still take another step that makes the step to the rd of a thousand miles, in other words never give up. We want everything to be so fast like a race car or the road runner. We just need to...