Comments on: Open Practice: How Vipassana Meditation Relieves My Migraine Headaches

By: Mindfulness and Pain, Part 3: Untangling the threads « Urocyon's Meanderings

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:24:48 +0000

[...] For more information on how this can work–and specific techniques–I would strongly recommend Shinzen Young’s Break Through Pain, which I mentioned and quoted from in the first post. C4Chaos also offers an excellent example in Open Practice: How Vipassana Meditation Relieves My Migraine Headaches. [...]

By: c4chaos

c4chaos — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:32:12 +0000

Laurie,

i haven’t tried walking/standing meditation for my migraine. but if it works for you, let me know. go for it.

i’m more of a sitting meditation type. then again, the goal of meditation is to bring the meditative state in our daily activities. so if you can do it while walking/standing then that would be better than sitting

good luck!

P.S. haven’t read “Hungry Ghost”. will check it out.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:19:55 +0000

Has anyone out there read “Hungry Ghost”? It really speaks to mindfullness and its possibilities.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:17:47 +0000

I too have been a severe migraine sufferer for a long time and have recently had to resign from my job due to the frequency and intensity of my migraines. I am just beginning my journey of exploring meditation instead of pain medication and am hopeful for the first time in 10 years.What do you think of standing/walking meditation?

By: Shinzen Young On Lucid Dreaming and The Five Ways < ~C4Chaos

Shinzen Young On Lucid Dreaming and The Five Ways < ~C4Chaos — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:54:49 +0000

[...] I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of it. It had dramatically improved my sitting meditation, relieved my migraine headaches, made me consistent with my open practice, and most importantly, it gave me a general sense of [...]

By: ambuj.mondal@gmail.c

ambuj.mondal@gmail.c — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:25:00 +0000

hi !
nice to find that there are other solutions rather than pills. I am a 3rd year engineering student and facing problems frequently since 2 one year. kindly guide me to meditation . i dont get the points clesrly. please mail me to ambuj.mondal@gmail.com
thanks.

By: migraine and meditation « Working Dharma

migraine and meditation « Working Dharma — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:36:23 +0000

[...] ~c4chaos has had similar results with Shinzen Young’s instructions for meditating with pain. [...]

By: c4chaos

c4chaos — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:15:54 +0000

Kelly,

it’s great to hear from someone who’s participating in the NIH trail!
will certainly keep you in my thoughts good luck with the trial. i would love to hear your experience after.

take care and i wish you get relief from your migraine.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:26:37 +0000

Hi all,
I’m participating in Dr. Goyal’s NIH trial. I’m headed out to the 10-day Vipassana retreat tomorrow. Please keep me in your thoughts. I’ve had a constant intractable migraine since 3/20/2006. I’m only 26, I really want my life back!!! I’ll make sure to let you know how the retreat goes.
Thanks!
Kelly
P.S. Here’s the link to Dr. Goyal’s site: http://hopkinsmeditation.googlepages.com/

By: Karthik

Karthik — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:13:09 +0000

Hey c4,

Great post. I did a 10 day vipassana retreat near Seattle and I realized that observing and characterizing pain objectively like you did, reduces it’s effect on you and can even dissolve it. It’s wonderful that you have found a natural and effective route to migraine cure. Meditation rocks!