Guided Meditation for Chronic Pain

Pain is one of the most common symptoms of arthritis. While meditation may not be able to cure pain, it can help you manage it more effectively as a regular part of your arthritis care plan. This guided meditation will teach you techniques to approach pain differently and help diminish its intensity.

Written by: Anna Nikitina, BSW, MSW, RSW

Narrated by: François Bernard

[alicepen]

Bro, what the heck, why did this work?
The barrier thing almost made me cry. Like, my body’s just having a natural reaction, and that’s okay. It wants me to be safe. This helped ease 90% of the burden

[SongHarmonizer]

Previously used this for my chronic pain but this month I'm using it for recovering from spinal surgery. The pain-rejection thing can be overwhelming and it's so difficult to let that go. This video helps me do that and helps me fall asleep each night.

[BarbaraTreacy]

Thank you! Have terrible tooth pain and this works! Thank you!

[coralrodriguez]

Im grateful for this meditation, it has helped me get through my migraine and now I’m sleeping through the night. I love the concept of listening to my body and letting the pain take over because it helps with the pain, it also makes me feel like I’m treating my body with love and respect.

[almadeliart]

Thank you so very much! All my love and peace to you and all the people suffering here. I once heard we can’t change the circumstances but we CAN change how we react to them. Meditation is a beautiful way to deal with pain. Thank you so much! Arthritis Society Canada and all the people following here. We are all one 💕

[Lin-gyjs]

Thank you so much for this video which I stumbled upon. It helps! I have bilateral hip arthritis aching pain. For those who are looking for pain relief, I greatly encourage you to give this a try. You have nothing to lose.

[WAFFLEBOYPHD]

Been having ankle pain for years and every night and every morning is tough for me with the throbbing and shooting pain. This helped a lot to bring the pain down. Thank you

[dogsareprecious]

Thank you for such a helpful REALLY helped me calm down and stop crying over my extreme pain.

[kagedraven]

This meditation really worked for me thanks! Been in so much pain and it has brought it to a manageable level, I no longer feel panicked and out of control x

[rachelMackenzie-hh]

thank you for helping me relax and start, once again, on the path to acceptance.

[damienhillssax]

Brilliant, I'm currently almost completely immobile from nerve damage in my spine which brings alot of pain and weakness ie can't get up without help and barely walk. I'm really feeling for everyone who's suffering chronic pain. I wish the very best for you!
I'll keep working on this!! ❤

[luannederose]

Absolutely fantastic experience! I’ve been experiencing chronic pain for decades. This worked for me so well, I tried it on other areas of my body as well. This works! Thank you.

[arush]

My resistance and anxiety are not subtle at all, they are SCREAMING, my whole entire self is screaming “I don’t want this! I don’t want to deal with this! I CAN’T deal with this!” I’m doing my best to just observe that too, but dang, it can feel like I am dying

[JF-kvgm]

I've been meditating for 35 years but my constant pain from recently diagnosed RA is making it hard for me to even try. Looking forward to following this later on before bedtime.

[SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

This is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing with the community.

[cessily]

This is one of my favorite meditations

[nancimeadows]

This was very helpful and brought my pain level down significantly. Appreciate the author references as well. I’ll look into them. Many thanks!

[ericavance]

The meditation is very good but the whispered voice is too quiet.