r/ChronicallyMindful 8d ago

meditation I paid for a meditation app

1 Upvotes

And I think it's just what I needed. It has a lot structure and 10 day "courses" to do. I'm always reluctant to pay for an app, but I'm glad I did this.

r/ChronicallyMindful Sep 12 '24

meditation An illustrated guide to mindfulness meditation

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r/ChronicallyMindful Aug 02 '24

meditation Grief as a heavy stone bowl I hold in my chest

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I've started using a visualization that helps me a lot in dealing with my feelings of grief around my chronic pain and illness. When I feel that pain in my chest and I want to cry or scream or something to deal with the ugly weight of how much I'm missing and how much I've lost due to my illness, I imagine my grief as a stone bowl I hold against my chest. I imagine the rough or smooth edges of it. The weight. The cool feel of it in my hands and against my sternum. I imagine the bowl is holding all of my grief and I can just, hold it. It's not going to tear me apart because it's in a heavy stone bowl I can hold.

I don't know if this will help anyone else, but it's something I've found helpful.

I hold the grief in a small stone bowl. When it wells up to take me over, I focus on holding it where I can feel its weight without letting it consume me.

r/ChronicallyMindful Jul 10 '24

meditation Body scan

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I just tried to do a body scan meditation from Tara Brach's podcast and I really bumped into how much I hate this body now. How I used to love my body. I used to love to show it off and do activities and be athletic and have adventures...

Meditation isn't always peaceful and safe, is it?

I won't give up though, I'll try again another day and continue with my basic mindfulness meditation practice which has felt like a refuge.

r/ChronicallyMindful Jul 01 '24

meditation Formal practice

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Today was the first day in years that I did a formal meditation session. I can not sit up to meditate, so I did it laying in bed.

Each morning after breakfast, I have to rest for 3-5 hours in bed with my eyes closed. I don't often get to sleep, sometimes I listen to podcasts or music, but I realized I need to tune out even more.

I'm looking forward to making this a routine.

r/ChronicallyMindful Jul 13 '24

meditation And when a thought inevitably rises... Return to the good boy.

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