From Rob Burbea’s Art of Concentration Retreat
- Make sure the rest of the body is relaxed (open up the awareness)
- We tend to tense the rest of the body in relation to discomfort
- Make sure that the Awareness is LARGE
- Awareness tends to shrink when we are in pain, re-establish it in the whole body
- Stay with the area of comfort (pay attention to it more), wherever it is
- The mind gets pulled into discomfort (we re-train it)
- We can open and connect the area of comfort with that of discomfort
- Try to get comfortable feelings to spread over the uncomfortable ones
- Play with the breath
- Fill the body with breath
- Breathe into the pain, or make it flow through it (don’t be afraid to use imagination)
- Check what parts of the body need the breath energy
- Become aware of fear
- Is the fear building the pain?
- Move the body
- Don’t go beyond your limits
- Imagine Metta or bright light originating from the area of discomfort
Created on: 2021-02-25 Related: Meditation | Rob Burbea | Talks - The Art of Concentration Retreat - Rob Burbea