Living Mindfully With Tinnitus

Di Bodhipaksa

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You will learn how to be more mindful, patient, and accepting of the sounds of tinnitus. You'll learn to be more at ease with the inner din by developing a more spacious sense of inner awareness. You'll learn to recognize that resistance to tinnitus is more of a problem than the tinnitus itself, and how you can let go of that resistance. You'll learn how to practice self-compassion at those times that tinnitus, or resistance to tinnitus, causes suffering. You'll learn to see that, no matter how troublesome your tinnitus might be, there's more going right in your life than going wrong in it.

Bodhipaksa

New Hampshire

Bodhipaksa is a well-known author and a teacher of meditation. He started teaching in the 1980's, and has a distinctive style that is warm, clear, and practical. He developed tinnitus several years ago and found that the skills of acceptance, kindness, and self-compassion that he'd learned along the way helped him to be at peace with his...

Lezione 1

Beginning With Mindfulness

In this session we explore the importance of acceptance, and see how our resistance to tinnitus is more painful than the tinnitus itself. We'll begin to explore the technique of "soft eyes," which helps us to have a calmer and more accepting mind.

Lezione 2

Going Deeper Into Soft Eyes

In this session we'll spend more time exploring the practice and the significance of the practice of soft eyes. We'll see how it promotes the parasympathetic nervous system, which brings us back to calm, rest, and balance. We'll see how soft eyes helps not just to calm the mind but to connect us with the body, so that we have a more spacious experience in which our tinnitus can exist without disturbing us.

Lezione 3

Meeting Everything With Kindness

Tinnitus can give rise to a lot of inner conflict. We can hate our tinnitus and blame ourselves. In today's session we'll explore how to bring more kindness, patience, and acceptance into our experience through a simple practice called "kind eyes."

Lezione 4

Supporting Ourselves Compassionately

No matter how much we practice acceptance, there are bound to be times when we suffer because of our tinnitus. If we're not careful this can trigger a downward spiral into anxiety or depression. To avoid this happening, we can learn to practice self-compassion, so that we can offer ourselves kindness, support, and encouragement as we go through difficulties.

Lezione 5

The Music Of The Brain

As we learn to be more accepting of our tinnitus, we often tune it out, barely noticing its there. But it's important not to try to get rid of it out of aversion. Therefore, in this session we'll turn our attention toward the sounds of the tinnitus, using it as an object of mindfulness.

Lezione 6

There's More Going Right Than Wrong

Our minds have a "negativity bias," tending to focus on what's going wrong (such as having tinnitus) and tuning out the many things that are going right. In this session we'll see how we can consciously turn the mind toward what's going right so that we can live with gratitude and appreciation.

Recensioni recenti

4.82

Barbara

August 14, 2025

This course found me when I needed it. Having a different perspective on tinnitus has proven to be helpful for that issue and more. Thank you for opening my mind. 🙏🏻💚🪷☯️

JMarie

June 1, 2025

Excellent - just wish it was longer :). Very helpful - thank you so much

Keith

December 14, 2024

Thanks for a great course and your suggestions for coming to acceptance of tinnitus

Carlin

November 7, 2024

Essential listening for those dealing with tinnitus. The course offers gentle guidance and helpful approaches in living with tinnitus.

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