The Benefits Of Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief

 Introduction

Mindfulness meditation is a meditation, where we observe things or focus without judging our own perception. Mindfulness meditation helps in reducing pain by making our brains less sensitive to pain. But how does it help with pain relief? Let’s talk about this!

Why is Mindfulness Meditation Important?

Mindfulness meditation is not only important and helpful for reducing pain but also improves our overall personality as an individual. 

Mindfulness meditation helps us to improve our focus on things and our surroundings. It helps us to improve the quality of our concentration, which improves and increases our results in the learning aspect of our life. 

Having calmness in typical conditions and situations reduces the chances of failing and bad decisions. Mindfulness meditation makes us calm human beings in real terms.

Mindfulness Meditation also aids in stress, anxiety, and depression which is spreading all over the world, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. It reduces the symptoms of depression and also removes every effect left by it on our body and mind.

The Benefits Of Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief

Mindfulness meditation can help with acute and chronic types of pain, and it is a fact according to science. NCBI stated the studies and research in this field including "joint pain treatment".

According to a 2005 study on mindful practices, NCBI states that people who went through mindful meditation were showing effective results within 12 weeks of continuity. 

A study was conducted on 864 people in 2017, and researchers found that people who were suffering from lower back pain got relief with regular practice.

In 2018, the results found that mindful meditation helped in reducing pain from headaches, fibromyalgia (a long-lasting disorder of pain, tenderness, and fatigue), and irritable bowel syndrome (repeated pain in the abdomen, and changes in bowel movements which can be diarrhea, and constipation).  

These are the physical pain reliefs that mindful meditation gives. It has also shown relief from emotional pain.

Due to specific conditions, heartbreaks, and failures, people face a lot of emotional pain which affects both their mental and physical health. 

Mindful meditation has been proven to be an effective way towards making your brain less sensitive towards pain or in other words, changing your brain’s reaction whenever you feel pain.

How To Get Started With Mindfulness Meditation?

Getting started with mindful meditation is not as typical as you think and the so-called meditation teachers are making.

All you need is to find a peaceful place or at least a place where you can sit with the lowest disturbance of sound. 

• Sit in a place where you find peace. It can be your temple, your home, your study room, or any other place.

• Sit comfortably, there is no need to take on any type of posture.

• Make a simple mudra with your hands, called Dayan mudra. Or you can just simply put your hand on your thighs or knees.

• Take 3-5 deep breaths and close your eyes slowly. 

• Thoughts will come and go, but don’t bother yourself to stop them.

• Try to observe your thoughts and if it is difficult for you, then keep your focus and concentration on your breathing. 

• Sit in this position for 2 minutes, 5 minutes. Whenever you feel you should stop now, do not push yourself to start.

• Open your eyes slowly and take some deep breaths again. 

This is one of the easiest processes that you can apply for yourself while doing mindful meditation. Mindful meditation is more effective when added to other Ayurvedic practices. 

Other Ayurvedic Practices For Pain Relief

Along with meditation, other Ayurvedic practices are also suggested for quicker benefits. These practices include breathing exercises, yoga, pranayama, and hatha yoga is one of them which can be used for knee pain as a knee pain remedy.

There are many Ayurvedic herbs that can help in improving your performance in mindful practices. Ayurvedic herbs are as follows:

1. Ashwagandha

2. Tulsi 

3. Amalaki 

4. Brahmi

5. Shatavari

6. Shilajit

Disclaimer: Some of these herbs like Shilajit are heavy for intake, so consult an Ayurvedic practitioner before consuming them on your own.

How To Add Mindful Meditation To Your Daily Life?

Most of us are doing jobs and other work for earning other things. In this busy lifestyle, how can we add the mindful practice of meditation? 

Well, we can still add mindful meditation to our daily routine.

For beginners, meditation is recommended for only around 5 minutes. Meditation has to be done in the morning, but many of us cannot wake up early in the morning. 

In that case, meditation for mindfulness can be done during the day or in the afternoon. If this is also not possible, you can do meditation in the evening time, when you come home, and take some rest. 

 

Give your 3–5 minutes for meditation in a day, and you will become habitual with time. The time will also extend with daily practice.

Conclusion:

Mindful meditation is highly recommended and beneficial for pain relief. Follow the way I explained by doing meditation to get relief from your pain. Lastly, remember one thing, patience is the key!