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- Thu May 15, 2014 1:02 am
- Forum: New practitioners
- Topic: Practice Causes too much Pain to Continue
- Replies: 7
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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...
- 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...
- 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...