Meditation for Managing Pain or Discomfort

When you’re in pain, it impacts more than just your body. It spills over to your emotions, thoughts, and interactions with other people. The widespread use of opioids shows the desperation to find a way to manage chronic pain. Mindfulness meditation is a technique that has been found to significantly reduce pain in both experimental and clinical studies. While it isn’t the case for everyone, some people have been able to significantly reduce or even eliminate their pain through ongoing, daily mindfulness practice.

It continues to fascinate me how something as complex as pain can be reduced by simply bringing a curious awareness and acceptance to it. This 9-minuted guided meditation has helpful for me and I hope you find it helpful, too. If you listen to it, I would love to hear from you.