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by TroubleHampster
Thu May 15, 2014 1:02 am
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Practice Causes too much Pain to Continue
Replies: 7
Views: 4230

Re: Practice Causes too much Pain to Continue

To everyone who's replied, thank you! A quick update- I do think the problem was I was being to perfectionistic about it. For all I'd read about trying not to judge myself and just accepting what came, I got frustrated whenever I had bad emotions, and was still trying to 'get past' them instead of a...
by TroubleHampster
Fri Apr 25, 2014 8:58 pm
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Practice Causes too much Pain to Continue
Replies: 7
Views: 4230

Re: Practice Causes too much Pain to Continue

Thanks a lot guys, it helps having your perspective. Perhaps I'll try shorter sessions and build up. Come to think of it it usually starts out well, the pain only comes on like 8-ish minutes in. Thanks! Oh, also, do you know of any MSBR-specific message boards around? Or recommendations for a teache...
by TroubleHampster
Thu Apr 24, 2014 9:26 am
Forum: New practitioners
Topic: Practice Causes too much Pain to Continue
Replies: 7
Views: 4230

Practice Causes too much Pain to Continue

Hey everybody. I recently purchased Jon Kabat-Zinn' s book 'Full Catastrophe Living' and the accompanying CDs, and I've been making time every night to practice the body scan meditation. I'm having a big problem though. Whenever I do the practice, I find that my body and mind become 'tighter' in res...