Your Headache & Migraine Relief

This is a guided meditation intended to provide space and awareness to heal headaches and migraines. I hope you're able to allow your mind to follow my words and feel some relief from the pain you're experiencing.

*I recorded this a few years ago when I was still under the impression that 'namaste' was a kind way to end meditation/yoga sessions. I've since learned that 'namaste' has always been used as a greeting and so, I no longer use namaste, but instead a simple 'thank you'

Transcript

Hello,

My name is Ruthie and welcome to your meditation for headache relief.

Come into a comfortable position.

Relax the shoulders.

Relax the forehead and the jaw.

Relax the eyebrows,

The eyelids and the cheeks.

Let your entire face be soft.

Relax the belly and relax the glutes.

Feel every muscle in your body soften.

As you start to notice the breath moving in and out of your nose.

Watch the air enter your nose and exit your nose without any control over the breath.

Allowing your body to breathe by itself as you watch.

Surrendering to the breath.

Now watch the air enter into your nose and fill up your entire skull.

See the head fill up with air as you inhale and empty as you exhale.

See your entire head breathing.

Bring your awareness directly to any point in your head that's experiencing pain or discomfort.

Without any fear,

Check in to your head.

Sometimes the pain we experience in our bodies is only asking for a little bit of attention.

And sometimes when we bring our entire awareness to the area of tension or pain,

It will naturally dissipate.

If we check in to these areas with patience,

Kindness and understanding.

Draw your attention concentrated on the ache.

Let your breath be magnetized to the pain,

To the discomfort.

And it's forming it to peace with each breath.

Let your breath act as a filter.

Drawing out any impurities with each exhale.

And feeding healing energy with each inhale.

Challenge any urge to run away from the discomfort.

Trust that facing the discomfort is all that is needed of you.

Release the need to change or fix anything.

Let go.

Let yourself be and let yourself breathe.

Let your entire head,

Your entire scalp soften.

Surrender.

Surrender to what is.

Namaste.

Thank you.

Reviews

I keep coming back to this whenever I get a headache, and it ALWAYS helps. Thank you Ruthie!

Ruthie, thank you for this gentle migraine support meditation. It was helpful, for me, this morning!

This visualization was so helpful. I followed the pain and gave it the attention and it definitely helped tame the edge off my migraine.

What a gift this was to my headache. I felt it go away within this meditation. I’m so grateful.

Here is what I wrote a year ago: Interesting. It didn't heal my headache today, but it's worth trying another time.
Today, a year later, I tried it and I find that I responded to it differently. I hadn't realized that if my glutes and tummy muscles were tight, it might affect how my head felt. I liked your guidance, and the silence after your guidance. 🌿

Thanks 🙏 could feel the bricks of the migraine falling away

It definitely helps some. My pain was reduced and I was able to fall asleep for a short while.

Excellent quick relief. I am amazed. I not have a valuable tool. Thank you.

Simple, effective. Helped to remind me that not everything needs to be fixed immediately. Thank you!

Thank you so much, such a good reminder not to run away from discomfort. All yoir meditations are so helpful x

Lovely gift that was very helpful. Just wish it was longer.

I stilling have my headache, but it may have softened some. I liked the visualization of breathing in healing air into my head and into the pain. Facing the pain. I will try this one again. Thank you!

Great and right to the point. Nice relaxed voice and sensible path of breath through the nose in to travel to the parts of the brain that really hurt during a migraine for me. Thank you

so helpful and comforting. my migraine went from a 6/10 to a 2/10! it’s almost gone and i’m thrilled. thank you 🙏🏻

Absolutely brilliant, having gone through a major brain trauma,this helps with recovering 👍 ❤💯🙏

Really helpful to ease tension from a migraine. Very relaxing and such a calming clear voice.

Thank you, Ruthie. That was lovely. My headache mysteriously (or not so mysteriously!) disappeared! I also got a heap of insight and a little synchronicity with that. ❤️

An incredibly nourishing and rejuvenating practise, thank you so much 🥰. Feeling so much better already 🥰.

Helped me to relax and work through and accept the pain reading it and relaxing me.

Simple but helpful. I think I can use this technique whenever it is necessary, which is great. Thank you 🙏