want to learn a pain-relief technique with omhome?

[omhome]

OK my first question for you folks is: where do you think we should hold this "class"---with discussion and Q and A-----but very very little about symptoms and diagnosis and venting (is necessary and helpful for sure but not in this context.).  At pain management (so much there is medical talk---not how the forum is described) or at the pain couch.   I have to say i prefer the couch but worry because there are so few people active there it seems right now. OR Both? (is that allowed?). So help me find a home for it and i will start building it. Who said "if i build it they will come" ? Cindee?  Anyway----now please responds soon and we will get it started.  To begin i will answer some of motown's excellent questions at couch  soon. Maybe this afternoon.  I await your responses!!!!  om   yogadon     should we do both--allowed?  om

[omhome]

      
     Let's begin with the idea that a word--or a phrase--can have an effect on your quality of mind--on your mood---on how you see and experience each moment of your day. A good example (especially if you have dogs):  when we said the word "beach" to Shasta (white lab) her whole body responded with wiggling and excited trembling--ready to go!! For your dogs maybe the word "park"  or "walk" gets that immediate response. The dog has paired (associated) word "beach" to joy of sand-water-birds. With a little repetition they become conditioned positively to that word. Shasta also responded to the word "vet" !! Immediately her whole body would cower-tremble in fear (she had had Bad times at the vet) and she would go hide under the kitchen table---her safe place. For a child maybe the word "disneyland" or "christmas" and they wiggle positively.  Word dentist(if a bad time there-pain etc.) or "chores" (me) and respond with a negative mood. The inner weather gets cloudy!
     We can use this Science to our benefit! Your first "assignment" or "homework" or OmWork! is to find or create that word or phrase that brings you your desired quality of mind or mood. Now if you will just pretend-imagine-act as if you are already feeling that mood---and as best you can focus on inhale (do not change anything about the breath---that may come later) while you say inhale refresh beach (your word) and keeping the mood best ya can exhale saying exhale relax beach (i use om). Not out loud. Eyes closed if that's comfortable. Inner voice. Fake it 'till you make it. To start do it just a few minutes. Might notice the breath calming. Maybe notice that for just a short moment there really was that desired feeling state!!  And just like building a muscle with practice we are building that connection and resulting mood.  In time this becomes more powerful and we will apply it to any thing we wish.
     At first just do it and don't fret over any results----practice is the key--strengthening that association. Read this over and think about it. Make sure you get the idea and here is where you ask ?'s about it if you like.   I know it looks too simplistic!!@Trusty me . with a little time---Magic.    more later   POST back!!   om    yogadon
    

[omhome]

thanks madman and cindee worried about the time thing too but it won't matter.
      thanks for posting here and hopefully other folks will post--ask questions--- etc. soon---so we can get started!And this is Not time sensitive as we all can practice and read or post anytime. and remember there are no shoulds or have-to dos (except posting?) and every little bit you do just adds to and adds up!!! let's wait and see if there is any interest  ok!   om  

[TheMadMan]

I am not sure what I can add to this but my preference is the couch area of pain management because the location is out of my area.
I can say that the mind is stronger than any medicine to date. I know that sometimes I have to take a break from the doctors and medicine to just focus on the 'inner self' to make sure the medications have not 'taken control'. Currently I am on 15mg of morphine that I have to take for the pain until I can get my next steroid shot and then I can get off the morphine, but the morphine has me hallucinating. I hear telephones ringing (when they actually are not), and little things like that, make me realize how much 'control' the medications are having on me. I am actually enjoying these hallucinations because I know it is the drug doing this and I laugh when I realize I am hearing things and seeing things that are not real. It is like being on a legalized 'trip from the 60's' and now I can relate. It is fun chasing my hallucinations around because I know they are not real. (I have a live-in care giver so I check with him to make sure I am not hallucinating too badly) I have been on morphine before but a stronger dose and it really had me going. This dose is just enough to keep the pain down and enjoy the 'trip' knowing it is the drug doing this. Keeping that in focus, I do not recommend this because I expect to get off this drug within the next two weeks. It is just funny to see things that my cat doesn't and hear things that don't exist but I pick up the phone anyway (now that the elections are over with), just to see who might be there. When no one answers, I realize no one want to talk to me and that makes me feel a little better. I didn't want to talk to them anyway. With the pain being under 'reasonable control' I get to focus on the things I want to do with my day. That is until I start to hear the phone ringing again...or chase after something that the cat doesn't see. I have a sign on the back of my wheelchair that reads...'This vet is medicated for your protection' and it get more comments than I could ever say. One man even said, 'oh brother can I relate....' Anything to put a smile on my face or someone else is the start of my day including chasing after what the cat cannot see or hear. It makes for an interesting day and in the end, I come out it laughing. Now that is the best medicine for me at present but I think I will be disappointed when I come off this drug because then I will see the reality of the day and realize that I will have to find some other fun to go after. Now there in lies the challenge but a good one I might add, enough to keep my mind busy. At least the mind is till active...I think???

[omhome]

    first i want to answer motown's question about what you would have to look forward to by participating in my class----and just what the heck it is i am trying to offer!! You can look forward to learning how to relax the body when it tenses up (and increases the pain)--how to recognize when it is building those tense knots-----how to shift or switch the mind out of those negative loops (we have been so conditioned to) to a more positive quality of the mind (and this is not the positive-thinking technique--although that has its place)--how to recognize when that tension is building and "channel" or "switch" to relaxation of that build-up. And how to not suffer the pain so much----still feel and acknowledge it---but in a way just observe it from your "inner observation deck"  or your " inner oasis"--or sanctuary that we will each build(and each inner home will be different) during this class. OK.  Please respond (that will be necessary for this class!) with questions or to let me know if i need to clear up some things before we start with the practice. I love you guys . I need your help and input regularly to make this work----and it will work!!!  om   yogadon