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Pain Meditation & Exercise: Change The Way You Perceive Pain

by Carrie Suwal

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The sensation of pain can be so difficult to manage and bring mindfulness into. This meditation is a practice for you to release the grasp that your pain body has on your mind and step into a space of peace, joy and positivity. This pain meditation helps you to focus on becoming aware of all incoming thoughts, feelings and sensations (associated specifically with pain and suffering of the physical body) and accepting them, but not attaching or reacting to them. Enjoy!

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Transcript

Breathe in and out slowly,

Calmly and deeply.

Breathe in and out with relief,

Being aware of your breath.

Aware of the light each breath gives to you.

Giving a gentle awareness to all sensations within your body.

Feeling the areas of pain and feeling the areas without pain.

These are simply sensations.

It can be so easy to label the areas of pain in our body as suffering.

We often forget the areas of non-suffering,

Of wellness within our body.

Let us release the labels of being a person who is in pain.

And instead being aware that you are simply feeling sensations.

Focus your attention on an area without pain in your body.

Maybe choosing a limb or a very small area.

Any space where there is no pain or less pain in your body.

Now as you focus on this area,

Allow it to occupy your full mental awareness.

Simply present and aware of this area without pain.

Bringing your consciousness and total focus here.

Breathe calmly and enjoyably as you bask in this sensation.

Attention is일 Now bring your attention to an area of strong sensation or pain.

Place your awareness here.

And this time,

Send your breath to this area as if your breath is a healing light and it is reaching on your inhale to this area of pain in your body.

It is extending the area of wellness,

The area without pain,

And touching into this area of pain.

And as you exhale,

The pain softens and you soften the importance of this pain in your mind.

Breathing and sending healthy thoughts of wellness to this area.

Exhaling,

Releasing and softening thoughts of pain,

Sensations of pain.

The sensation of pain is one of many sensations in your body.

In the area where you don't feel pain also holds a sensation,

A sensation of hot or cold,

Tingly,

Healthy,

The feeling of your clothes on your skin or the air or the wind touching your skin.

Why must we judge which sensations are perceived as joyful and which are that of suffering?

Can you see all sensations as simply sensations tying your body and your mind to this moment?

Let us do a body scan from the feet up to the top of your head.

Simply feeling every sensation in your body.

Do not get stuck on one sensation.

Just be aware of each sensation,

Whether that's pain or no pain.

Cold,

Itchy,

Warm or soft.

Treating each sensation with gratitude and awareness.

Slowly scanning your body,

Feeling each sensation with gratitude and simple awareness.

Let us do a body scan from the feet up to the top of your head.

Let us do a body scan from the feet up to the top of your head.

If you get caught on an area of discomfort,

Take a big breath in and send light to it as you exhale and allow it to soften and soften the hold it has on your mind as you continue moving up or down the body.

Let us do a body scan from the feet up to the top of your head.

Your pain,

Your sensations are one very small aspect of your environment.

Look and feel deeper into your soul's essence.

Who you really are.

Your light and your love.

Your compassion and your peacefulness.

It always remains.

It is always present.

Let's now focus on that inner state of being.

Connecting to the subconscious state of wellness and of wholeness.

Your inner light.

Feel,

Envision and expand this beautiful inner light that you hold.

This space of wellness and wholeness.

This space of wellness and wholeness.

Come back to your physical body.

Be aware of each sensation but also aware of the depth of your core.

Of the love and compassion of this space of inner peace within you.

Being simply aware that you will feel what you choose to focus on throughout the day.

Take deep breaths.

Don't associate with your pain but associate with your wholeness and with the health within you.

Be aware of your inner light.

Feel,

Envision and expand this beautiful inner light that you hold.

This space of wellness and wholeness.

Meet your Teacher

Carrie SuwalCanmore, AB, Canada

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Recent Reviews

Josi

September 5, 2025

Thank you for this meditation. It is so important for people with chronic pain especially to see there’s more beyond pain. Ego will push back. Mine did. But I keep listening πŸ™πŸ»

Jean

February 28, 2025

This is a powerful meditation. I am able to send light to my pain and then view it as love. Thank you. I would love to focus on more of this soothing heal thing love πŸ’•πŸ™πŸ©΅

Wakes

January 31, 2024

Thank you for this. It really helped me in this moment πŸ™πŸΌβ€οΈ

Paul

January 4, 2022

Good approach to dealing with pain through meditation. It does provide some relief

Rebecca

October 7, 2021

Very helpful indeed. Added to my personal pain relief Playlist. Thank you for sharing this with us here. I see you and the light within you. Be well. 🀲🏻❀🀲🏻

Pat

September 5, 2021

Such a lovely reminder that we are more than our pain. It was calming to focus on the neutral places in the body. I loved the gentle water in the background and your soothing voiceπŸ™

Carrol

July 24, 2021

Pain seems to be the perfect vehicle for learning Acceptance... So very, very challenging. Great compassion and a warm hug to all of you that have this challenge in your path... may you find the answers with ease, with speed and with Grace πŸ™

Patty

May 2, 2021

I appreciate the idea of considering pain just another bodily sensation. The technique that worked best to ease pain temporarily was focusing on an area without pain.

Michelle

January 3, 2021

I have chronic low back pain and migraines. I have had multiple procedures and take many medications, with little relief. I started working with this meditation about a month ago and immediately started feeling so much better!! It’s like magic!! Thank you so much.!!! Namaste!!πŸ™

Anastasia

April 11, 2020

Excellent. Jumps right in gently, sensitively and has nice rain sound in background

Kathleen

January 9, 2020

Wonderful thank you so much

Robbin

January 7, 2020

This is definitely one that I will return to.

Nick

March 6, 2019

Very helpful for readjusting my thinking about pain. And quite soothing as well.

Ani

December 3, 2018

This healing guidance provides much relief. Thank you πŸ™πŸΌπŸŒΈ

Jamie

November 15, 2018

Excellent it helped so much!! Dealing with pain after surgery thank you!!!

Paula

September 20, 2018

So very helpful. Will be doing this meditation often 🌷

Cai

June 18, 2018

I am a chronic pain patient. The idea you put forth in your wonderful meditation is so simple that I have looked right past it. I do Hypnosis and guided meditation myself. I never really thought of just thinking of the opposite sensation (s) Thank you for giving me the gift of the opposite of pain!

Becky

May 28, 2018

Perfect. Loved everything about this. Thank youπŸ™πŸΌ

Michelle

May 10, 2018

Awesome meditation! Thank you!!!

Gypsy

May 6, 2018

Thank you. Namaste.πŸ™

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