Meditation
Meditation isn’t about tuning out so that you can achieve some perfect state of stillness or bliss. If you take the time to trace a chronic illness back to its original cause, you’ll find that in almost every instance there is a mental or emotional cause.
When you meditate your brain shifts from a hyperactive beta state into calmer alpha, theta, and delta rhythms. In these calmer mental states you can better understand
On this page, I’ll go over the meditation techniques that I found are the best for people with chronic illnesses: simple , effective methods that you can actually use.
Guided Meditation
A good place to start meditating is with guided meditation. Just pop on a pair of headphones, and listen to one designed specifically for you current situation: pain relief, restful sleep, emotional healing, and more.
Louise Hay
When I first read her book You Can Heal Your Life, I thought it was too simplistic, but years later, as a doctor of heilkunst, I found it to be one of the most valuable healing tools I have. Here is why! Louise Hay taught that our thoughts are powerful forces that shape our reality and our health.
Eugene Gendlin
Eugene Gendlin was a psychotherapist who developed Focusing, a therapeutic method that encourages people to tune into their bodies to gain deep insight into their emotional and psychological challenges.
Dr. Joe Dispenza
One of the key ideas in Dispenza’s philosophy is the concept of entering the “blackness” in meditation - a space beyond space and time. He teaches that by withdrawing attention from the body, the environment, and the ticking of the clock, we reach what he calls “pure consciousness.”
I’m Dr. Rodger Douglas, DMH, a South African-born homeopath now based in Osaka, Japan. With a psychology degree from Nelson Mandela University and a diploma from the Hahnemann College of Heilkunst, I specialize in holistic care for fibromyalgia. I serve clients by phone or video across the US, Canada, the UK, and beyond, shipping remedies directly from Japan.