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I certainly don't consider myself a master meditator, but meditation was my main pain-coping technique during labor with my second child. Sure wish I'd had it the first time around. It made for a completely different experience.

As my teacher said, "You hear the marching band cross the bridge nearby, you don't have to get up and follow!"

The link to samatha meditation says it comes from the Thai tradition which is Theravadan not Tibetan Buddhism. I'm sure that there is a parallel in the Tibetan tradition but the article states that breath Meditation dosn't have the same effect. So it would be helpful to know more specifics about the practice taught to the beginners. Thanks

Sounds very much like the practice of centering prayer.

Very interesting, though I would be curious about the details of the experimental design - including any bias of the investigators (one of the coauthors is a long time practitioner, and taught the mediators). Is there a problem with knowing who practiced meditation and who did not?

Thank You for sharing this.

I practice this technique on a regular basis. It is well-proven that it works wonders and is not all difficult!!!! I would encourage anyone with pain and, in particular, those with chronic pain to at least try and give this method of pain relief a try. You might be very surprised at how well it works!!!

I practice this technique on a regular basis, several times a day, for relief of severe chronic pain! I guarantee that given the chance it works very, very well. You will be so surprised if you just give it a chance.

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As someone who has significant chronic pain in almost all parts of my body - external and internal - I wonder about the relatively minor pain of this heat applied to the calf. It is so discreet and is one kind of pain. Until you experience the full range of pain types and in many body regions you don't realize how diverse pain can be. I meditate. Not often enough but several times a week at least. Sometimes, my pain level does diminish significantly but it isn't a result I can depend on. I wonder if I were an "Olympic" level meditator if my pain would diminish significantly and reliably? Maybe in 8,000 more hours of meditation I will know.

I do meditation more than eat within one day. And I am glad that I still have a healthy body, mind and soul.

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