Comments on: Open Practice: How Vipassana Meditation Relieves My Migraine Headaches http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/ (hyper)streaming with passion and compassion Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:11:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vandana http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-4151 vandana Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:25:17 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-4151 after reading first few lines i thought as if you wrote about me...hmmm m surely gonna try it because m tired of medicines and sometimes feel really frustrated, m losing everything because of this, my memory with time has become weak, can't stress myself much n sometimes feel really lost at work place and m going freakin crazy, isolated myself from outside world and wants to be alone all my life after reading first few lines i thought as if you wrote about me…hmmm m surely gonna try it because m tired of medicines and sometimes feel really frustrated, m losing everything because of this, my memory with time has become weak, can’t stress myself much n sometimes feel really lost at work place and m going freakin crazy, isolated myself from outside world and wants to be alone all my life

]]> By: Steve http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-4089 Steve Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:08:50 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-4089 What if your migraine start in your sleep. I wake up with a migraine and typically no medication works, even the expensive kind. Steve What if your migraine start in your sleep. I wake up with a migraine and typically no medication works, even the expensive kind.

Steve

]]> By: mel mccarthy http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-4029 mel mccarthy Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:21:40 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-4029 Thank You ever so much for sharing this. I've had success with meditation as migraine relief before, but tend to forget about it. The way you describe the pain as a jelly fish is fascinating & lovely (and feels accurate too) Thanks for the reminder. P.S. I notice we're neighbours. We have beautiful places to meditate here, eh? :) Thank You ever so much for sharing this. I’ve had success with meditation as migraine relief before, but tend to forget about it. The way you describe the pain as a jelly fish is fascinating & lovely (and feels accurate too) Thanks for the reminder. P.S. I notice we’re neighbours. We have beautiful places to meditate here, eh? :)

]]> By: c4chaos http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-3918 c4chaos Mon, 09 May 2011 04:57:44 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-3918 @Manuel, sorry to hear about your condition. i'm not qualified to give any health advice since i'm not a health professional. all i can suggest is for you to do more research on mindfulness meditation. see: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7654964 meditation is an alternative method for dealing with pain. but you should work with your physician to see if this will apply to your condition. that said, below is a link to some videos on how mindfulness meditation (as taught by Shinzen Young) can be used to deal with pain. http://www.youtube.com/expandcontract#g/c/3541FC41053BE50E i do hope that you get better and find relief soon. take care. ~C @Manuel, sorry to hear about your condition. i’m not qualified to give any health advice since i’m not a health professional. all i can suggest is for you to do more research on mindfulness meditation.
see: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7654964

meditation is an alternative method for dealing with pain. but you should work with your physician to see if this will apply to your condition.

that said, below is a link to some videos on how mindfulness meditation (as taught by Shinzen Young) can be used to deal with pain.
http://www.youtube.com/expandcontract#g/c/3541FC41053BE50E

i do hope that you get better and find relief soon.

take care.

~C

]]> By: Manuel m http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-3917 Manuel m Sun, 08 May 2011 01:42:06 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-3917 Hi i am trying this to see if it will work.. Umm does this work for the stomach pain and vomiting? Cuz im 16 years old and i get 2 migranes a month... My mom took me to the hospital to get a brain scan but there was nothing... Im trying to try new things and i only had that question. Do u suggest that i do this everyday? Is there anything else i should know? Please email me... Im done suffering Its taking over my life ever since i was 12... Email: mmmanny55@gmail.com Hi i am trying this to see if it will work..
Umm does this work for the stomach pain and vomiting?
Cuz im 16 years old and i get 2 migranes a month…
My mom took me to the hospital to get a brain scan but there was nothing…
Im trying to try new things and i only had that question.
Do u suggest that i do this everyday?
Is there anything else i should know?
Please email me… Im done suffering
Its taking over my life ever since i was 12…
Email: mmmanny55@gmail.com

]]> By: Sal http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-3757 Sal Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:21:43 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-3757 Hi C4chaos, I've just googled "migraine" and "mindfulness" and your story popped up. Can you let me know whether vipassana is still helping, one year on? Cos I've been meditating for 7 years ... I think it helps my migraines a bit, but I keep having this feeling that it could help a lot more, and that I need to get deeper into mindfulness. Your experiences, and others mentioned here, are making me hopeful! Cheers, Sal Hi C4chaos,
I’ve just googled “migraine” and “mindfulness” and your story popped up. Can you let me know whether vipassana is still helping, one year on?

Cos I’ve been meditating for 7 years … I think it helps my migraines a bit, but I keep having this feeling that it could help a lot more, and that I need to get deeper into mindfulness. Your experiences, and others mentioned here, are making me hopeful!

Cheers,
Sal

]]> By: Mindfulness tools for dealing with emotional and physical pain « on the precipice http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-3709 Mindfulness tools for dealing with emotional and physical pain « on the precipice Tue, 25 May 2010 02:46:09 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-3709 [...] Open Practice: How Vipassana Meditation Relieves My Migraine Headaches [...] [...] Open Practice: How Vipassana Meditation Relieves My Migraine Headaches [...]

]]> By: Mindfulness and Pain, Part 3: Untangling the threads « Urocyon's Meanderings http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-3635 Mindfulness and Pain, Part 3: Untangling the threads « Urocyon's Meanderings Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:24:48 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-3635 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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 http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-3598 c4chaos Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:32:12 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-3598 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! ~C P.S. haven't read "Hungry Ghost". will check it out. 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!

~C

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

]]> By: Laurie http://www.c4chaos.com/2009/07/open-practice-how-vipassana-meditation-relieves-my-migraine-headaches/comment-page-1/#comment-3597 Laurie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:19:55 +0000 http://www.c4chaos.com/?p=3394#comment-3597 Has anyone out there read "Hungry Ghost"? It really speaks to mindfullness and its possibilities. Has anyone out there read “Hungry Ghost”? It really speaks to mindfullness and its possibilities.

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