How to Use Mindfulness for Pain Relief

21 April

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How to Use Mindfulness for Pain Relief

Hanamel   |   Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Chronic Pain Collection, Healthy Body, Meditation, Mind & Body, Mindfulness   |   No comment

♠   A mindfulness research pioneer offers his wisdom (and a guided meditation) on utilizing simple mindfulness techniques to help manage and relieve chronic pain. ↵ Mindfulness both as a formal meditation practice and as a way of being in wise relationship with your experience as life is unfolding moment...

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15 March

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5 Ayurvedic Herbs for Pain Relief

Hanamel   |   Ayurveda, Chronic Pain, Chronic Pain Collection, Life In General   |   No comment

Chronic pain can take a toll, and prescription painkillers can have severe side effects. Explore how an Ayurvedic practitioner helps her clients manage pain. According to the CDC, over 20% of Americans live with chronic pain. I will start with a straightforward question: How do you navigate pain? ↵ A number...

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29 August

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Releasing the Emotional Roots of Back Pain

Hanamel   |   Back Pain, Back Pain Collection, Emotional Detox, Healing, Pain, Pain Management   |   No comment

◊   Your back pain is trying to tell you something. Chronic back pain might be caused by stuck emotions.   No one quite understands back pain unless they have experienced it. It can be a debilitating and painful situation that is not easily managed. When back pain flares up,...

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12 November

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What Your Headache Is Trying to Tell You

Hanamel   |   Chronic Pain, Headaches   |   No comment

We all have headaches—and, thus, often just accept them. But what is actually causing that pounding head? And what is it trying to tell you?     Headaches are considered one of the most common medical complaints. We all experience them—some more frequently than others.   Is it due to...

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13 August

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Lessons From Yin Yoga for Managing Chronic Pain

Hanamel   |   Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Chronic Pain Collection, Pain, Yoga   |   No comment

↓ Yin yoga works the connective tissue that wraps around our muscles and carries messages from the brain. By practicing yin yoga, we may be able to reprogram some of the physical patterns causing chronic pain.     Yin is a style of yoga that involves staying in supported...

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21 July

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The Spiritual Meaning of Pain in the Liver and Gallbladder

Hanamel   |   Chronic Pain, Health Awareness, Healthy Living, Traditional Medicine   |   No comment

↓ In TCM, the liver creates and the gallbladder implements. The spiritual meaning of pain in the liver and gallbladder relates to a disruption of this synergy.   When we feel pain in the body, we instinctually know it’s an indicator that something is wrong. Whether you just...

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09 June

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7 Things You Should Know About Pain

Hanamel   |   Chronic Pain, Pain Management   |   No comment

Understanding the dimensions of pain and the neuroscience behind it is an empowering recovery tool.   As unpleasant as it is, pain is actually quite normal. We all (with very rare exceptions) experience pain, defined as a localized or generalized bodily sensation (or complex of sensations) causing mild to...

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24 February

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8 Ways to Live With a Chronic Illness

Hanamel   |   Chronic Illness, Coping   |   No comment

    Don't just cope with chronic illness. Discover ways to let go, address limitations, and move forward while living with chronic illness.   “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass … It’s about learning to dance in the rain,” wrote Vivian Greene.   “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes...

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03 December

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Coping With a Lupus Diagnosis

Hanamel   |   Chronic Pain, Health Awareness, Health Issues, Healthy Life Style, Illness   |   No comment

  4 Steps to Adapting to Life With Chronic Illness     Cope with a chronic illness diagnosis through small, mindful changes to your everyday routine. “Chronic illness is just one iota, one tiny ingredient that can be added to the cosmic mixture of what makes up a human.”   I...

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09 September

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What Your Headache Is Trying to Tell You

Hanamel   |   Chronic Pain, Headaches, Well-being, Wellness   |   No comment

  We all have headaches—and, thus, often just accept them. But what is actually causing that pounding head? And what is it trying to tell you?   Headaches are considered one of the most common medical complaints. We all experience them—some more frequently than others.   Is it due to...

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03 June

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Chronic Pain, Trauma, and the Nervous System

Hanamel   |   Pain, Pain Management, Yoga   |   No comment

↓ Chronic pain can be caused by lingering trauma, creating stress that is unresolved. Break the cycle. ♠   Trauma is unfortunately a very common experience. We often think of it as some really big dramatic event, like war or a plane crash, but it’s often much smaller and...

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09 May

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5 Questions to Help Decode Your Chronic Back Pain

Hanamel   |   Back Pain, Chronic Pain, Heal, Health, Healthy Body, Mindfulness   |   No comment

♠   That chronic back pain is a message from your body. Are you listening? These 5 questions will help you gain insight.   When back pain is occasional and acute, it generally has a really important message like: “Take me to the doctor! I’m injured—which is very helpful....

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08 January

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5 Steps to Relieve Chronic Back Pain

Hanamel   |   Heal, Practice   |   No comment

♠ A spinal surgeon shares how to relieve chronic back pain without going under the knife. ↓ In my 32 years as an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon, I discovered that, all too often, patients were seeking surgical options to help them cope with their chronic pain, which...

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21 April

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Breaking the Cycle of Fear

Hanamel   |   Exercise and Fitness, Health Awareness, Health Issues, Healthcare, Healthy Life Style, Healthy Mind, Life In General, Success Living, Wellness   |   No comment

Breaking the Cycle of Fear * The patient says to the doctor: “Doc, it hurts when I do this!” So the doctor nods her head sagely and replies, “Don’t do that.” You’ve heard that one before? Well, funny or not, there is a flaw in that medical advice...

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