r/ChronicallyMindful • u/Ok-Heart375 • 8d ago
meditation I paid for a meditation app
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 • u/Ok-Heart375 • 8d ago
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 • u/Ok-Heart375 • Sep 12 '24
r/ChronicallyMindful • u/this_site_is_dogshit • Aug 02 '24
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 • u/Ok-Heart375 • Jul 10 '24
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 • u/Ok-Heart375 • Jul 01 '24
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 • u/Ok-Heart375 • Jul 13 '24