Free Yourself From Pain Guided Meditation Part 1

Guided Pain Meditation to help you to detach from physical pain includes 101 pain talk, a checklist to help yourself get comfortable with a focus on the breath, and visualization to help you relax your body and mind to find ease relief and comfort

Transcript

Hello and welcome,

My name is Kate and I am so glad that you chose to be here today right now.

This is a home to you meditation to help you detach from any physical pain,

Discomfort or disease that you may be experiencing at present and to find ease,

Comfort and peace.

Have you ever noticed that the more you focus on something,

The more intense or the stronger it becomes?

Where your attention goes,

Grows.

It is not helpful to focus constantly on anything that you do not want as it will just serve to amplify and magnify it.

This is also true in the case of pain.

Your attention is where you choose to focus your consciousness and the good news is that with practice you can choose to refocus it.

This is useful to understand if you wish to help yourself to detach from pain of any kind and find relief.

This particular meditation is specifically to help you to shift your focus from physical pain.

I believe that to understand and have awareness around our issues,

Problems or difficulties is to have the power to change things for ourselves.

However,

If you want to skip the pain 101 talk then try pain free part 2 from home to you meditations.

If you want to try and understand your pain and take back your power,

Keep listening and I promise we will still get to the good stuff.

The purpose of pain is to protect the body.

It is the body's mechanism to signal that something is wrong in the case of injury or illness.

Pain is never to be ignored so if you are experiencing pain that is new to you or that you don't understand then please consult your doctor or your trusted healthcare professional.

Physical pain is experienced differently by all of us.

Pain can be felt as intense discomfort,

As deep throbbing pain,

Sharp take your breath away pain.

It can come in waves,

In spasms,

It can seem ever present.

For us to feel pain the sensory receptors in our body send the message of the physical hurt from the body site to the brain via the spinal cord.

The brain registers this message as pain and releases chemicals which are sent to the site of the injury or threat to alert the body.

Pain is generally divided into two main types.

Acute as in after an injury,

An accident or surgery.

Acute pain usually has a short timeline in that when the cause is treated pain will ease and disappear.

If pain persists longer than is expected or despite intervention and treatment it is now classed as chronic pain.

Chronic pain is also associated with various disorders,

Diseases and conditions and it can be a side effect of prolonged and overuse of opioid painkillers.

This type of pain is exhausting.

It changes the neural pathways in the brain so that pain may be experienced as more intense.

The pain is amplified and now there are other factors that influence how we feel this chronic pain such as anxiety,

Fear and a bias attention to pain.

Which means we tend to focus on the pain and the negative emotions that it creates,

Increasing stress levels and the unpleasantness of it all.

When we are experiencing pain for a long time it can feel as if nobody understands us.

We are locked in a vicious circle of pain,

Insomnia,

Broken sleep,

Exhaustion and let's be honest deep unhappiness.

We can't function as we would like to and we can't do the things that we would like to do.

It can be isolating and lonely.

Whatever it is for you let's try now to detach from it for some soothing rest and restorative sleep and allow your body and your mind to just soften and relax.

When you know that you have physically done everything you can to help yourself to ease the pain it can be easier to let go of it.

So let's do a quick checklist before our meditation.

Have you taken any medication or painkillers prescribed for you?

Have you applied any creams or lotions that may help to soothe the area?

Have you tried a heat pack or a nice pack for pain relief?

Ensure now that you have everything close by on a side table or a bedside locker.

Water,

Medication,

Your phone,

A night light or some reading material.

Make sure your body is comfortable and supported if necessary with pillows and that you are warm enough or cool enough.

Now that everything is in place and you have made yourself as comfortable as possible gently close down your eyes.

Mentally scan your body for any areas of tension,

Tightness or discomfort and without judgement or attachment allow these areas to soften and relax.

Drop your shoulders,

Bring your attention to any pain you may be feeling in your body now and without judgement or attachment accept that this is how your body is feeling.

We are going to focus on the breath now.

Breathing in through your nose for a count of four,

Holding the breath in for a count of two and breathing out through your mouth for a count of eight.

As you breathe in,

Breathe deep into your belly.

You can place your hand here and feel it rise as it fills with your precious breath.

Feel it fall as you breathe out.

So let's do a few of these beautiful breaths now.

Breathe in,

Hold,

Breathe out.

Breathe in,

Hold,

Breathe out.

Breathe in,

Hold,

Breathe out.

Breathe in,

Hold,

Breathe out.

Imagine that you are standing on a cliff path overlooking the ocean.

It's a beautiful summer's day.

The sky is blue for as far as you can see.

You can feel the sun warm in your body like a soft gentle hug.

As you breathe in,

You can taste and smell the salty sea air.

As you breathe out,

You feel peaceful,

Content,

Happy to be here in this special place.

Feel the grass soft beneath your bare feet.

As you begin to walk closer to the edge of your pathway,

You notice a stairway to your right that will take you down to the white sandy beach below.

As you step onto the stairway,

You feel and smell the warm wood,

Sturdy and welcoming.

And as you walk down slowly,

Step by step,

You feel yourself becoming more and more relaxed.

Feeling relaxed and peaceful.

So content and relaxed.

And now you step onto the warm,

Soft white sand.

Looking around,

You can see that you have this beach entirely to yourself.

The only sound,

The lapping of the waves as they break on the shore,

Gently rolling in and out.

In and out.

The sun glistening on the ocean,

Almost hypnotizing as you watch it dance and sparkle on the waves.

Breathe in.

And breathe out a contented sigh.

You sense that this is a healing place.

The water is so inviting that you begin to walk towards the sea's edge,

Slowly dipping your toes first and finding the water deliciously warm.

As you are walking further into the sea,

The sand is soft but firm beneath your feet.

You are perfectly safe here.

I'm walking just to where you feel comfortable.

In this crystal clear soothing water.

The water is lapping around your body,

Gently caressing you,

Washing you clean.

If you wish to swim or float here,

Allow yourself to do so.

Enjoy the feeling of the healing water on your body and how good it feels to be floating,

Light,

Weightless,

Free.

It's time to rest on the beach for a while now and as you leave the water,

You feel the heat of the sun begin to dry your body.

You lie down on the soft warm sand,

Feeling every muscle in your body softening and relaxing,

Grateful to have this time just for you in this heavenly place.

You are always welcome here,

Always safe and accepted and you can return whenever you like for some peace and soothing rest.

It's time now to make your way back.

Take a last look around you before you leave your haven,

Taking in the beautiful vista of sparkling crystal clear water,

Blue sky and white sandy beach.

Inhaling the fresh sea air,

Hearing the gulls as they circle overhead and now making your way back up the wooden staircase,

Step by step becoming aware of the surface beneath you,

Of the sounds in the room.

You are back on your cliff path,

Aware,

Refreshed,

Relaxed.

You can gently wriggle your toes,

Your fingers,

Stretch if you wish and return to your day.

But if you wish to rest further or slip into sleep,

Continue to focus on your breath for a few moments and breathe in and out and in and out.

Rest and breathe,

Breathe and rest.

All is well.

Thank you for taking this time to take care of you.

Namaste.

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Reviews

Thank you for this calming, practical and soothing practice which can help so much with either physical or emotional pain. Namaste