Accept Pain & Find Relief

The transcription provides guidance on finding a comfortable position and observing one's body and mind. It encourages accepting and observing pain without trying to change it. The practice involves visualizing the pain as a cool area and replacing it with a pleasant sensation. Breathing exercises and repeating the word "peace" help calm the mind. The session concludes with reawakening the body and returning to usual activities with a sense of calm and less pain. Find a comfortable position, making sure that your back is supported. Lying down or sitting in a firm chair with a head support are ideal. As you settle into a comfortable position, just notice how you are feeling in this moment without trying to change anything. Observe your body and mind. Where is most of your tension stored? What part of your body is most relaxed? Take a deep breath in. Now exhale. Breathe in and out. Breathe in and out. Now continue to breathe slowly, smoothly. Now just observe. Do not try to make anything happen. Notice how your whole body feels. Passively observe. Simply take note of how your body feels. Now observe the state of your pain in this moment. Just observe. Observe as each moment passes. Try for the next few moments to regard your pain with acceptance. Accept the way you are feeling right now, physically and emotionally, whether positive or negative. Allow your body and mind to just be. Accepting, observing. Now say to yourself, I accept myself. I accept this pain, the whole of it. I accept it. I let go of the need to control or change it in this moment. I accept the pain. I release myself from the need to do anything right now. Just be. I accept myself. There is nothing you need to be doing in this moment besides accepting this moment just as it is. Observe again your pain and notice that you can alter the pain slightly. See if you're able to transform the feeling just a little. Breathe down to wherever the pain is and allow the breath to carry the pain away. Picture the pain now. Notice its exact location. Imagine that instead of pain, this area feels cool, even a bit cold, as if you have applied a comfortable ice pack to this area. Feel the coolness. The area might even start to feel a little less cold, closer to the way the rest of your body feels. Now focus on this area and imagine a slightly different feeling of your choice. You may wish to imagine the sensation of pleasant tingling, warmth, or soft but firm, comfortable pressure. Imagine this sensation now. Imagine the sensation replacing just a tiny bit of the pain and a tiny bit more of the pain, more and more. Feel the sensation growing pleasantly, providing some relief, allowing you to relax. Move that part if you can, noticing the warmth spread throughout that area, washing away the pain. Take a deep breath in and out, in and out, in and out. Continue to breathe slowly and rhythmically as you now calm your mind. Breathe in, peace. Breathe out, full. In, peace. Out, full. Peace, full. Peace, full. Peace, full. Peace, full. Continue to repeat this word in your mind, focusing your attention on this word whenever your thoughts wander. Keep repeating this word. When your thoughts drift, focus your attention on peace, full. Continue in this way as long as you'd like and slowly reawaken your body now. Take a deep breath in and out. Feel your mind and body becoming more awake and alert. Move your arms and legs and stretch your muscles to let them reawaken. Now sit for a moment now with your eyes open, observing the room around you. When you're ready, return to your usual activities, keeping with you a sense of calm, relief, and less pain.