3 Breathing Practices for Chronic Pain

[@gracewanja1629]

My left side limbs were in great pains as i was breathing in and now am free from the pain God bless you

[@carolBelmont-r7t]

I have been going through pain reprocessing therapy for a while for 10 years of chronic back pain. Along with it l have been instructed to try meditation and breathing exercises. This video is by far my favorite. I plan on using it daily. Many thank for sharing your knowledge ❤

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

@@carolBelmont-r7t thank you for your feedback! Pain reprocessing therapy is wonderful, and it’s great to hear that you are also including meditation and breathing exercises along with that. I do believe it takes a multidimensional approach to manage pain!

[@rkymtndeb61]

🎉🎉🎉Thank you Elaine!!! I started with your video on these 3 breathing practices, for my painful neuropathy and chronic back pain, 7 months ago. I am healthier and happier today because of it and I’ve shared your videos with others who are suffering from chronic pain. I’m very grateful for your easy to follow and understand instructions! ❤

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Awww I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you so much for sharing your feedback and sharing these videos to others who can benefit from these practices. Let me know if there's anything else I can support you with!

[@Thereisplentyforall]

❤thanks so very much. I got a severe case of shingles that has been traumatizing me for just over three weeks. Since I am not getting enough exercise due to the severe pain I am experiencing my body is in the flight or fight. I experienced a reduction in the pain. I’m going to keep on doing this. I appreciate you sharing this tools for me to use to help my healing ❤

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Wow thank you so much for sharing your experience! I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been suffering with shingles. I’m glad these practices were able to help you reduce some of that fight or flight responses. Let me know if there’s anything else I can do to support you!

[@duffthepsych]

Hey, thank you very much for this. I have a tooth infection right now and my mouth is so very uncomfortable but there’s very little that I can do to sue that so this was a nice way to help cope.

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

I love that it’s also helping with your tooth pain!

[@ginity]

Bless you Elaine ❤ Cant believe I'm only now discovering your divinely healing channel! You truly made a world of difference for sharing your wisdom. I hope you keep shining your light 🪷 much love

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Awww that made the day for me! Thank you for letting me know that you have found these videos helpful

[@elenawilmott5119]

It's been very valuable! I know what to do next time the pain hits. Thank you for sharing this!

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Glad to hear you found it valuable! Yes the important part is to practice when there’s little to no pain, so that when pain flares, you know *immediately* what to do. That knowledge of having the tool itself is SO helpful in consoling the anxiety around pain too 😊

[@bkaczmarski]

I’m a qigong teacher and this is wonderful as a 3 part progression 🙏

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Thank you for watching and sharing your feedback ☺️

[@desertflower4627]

Wonder full, thankyou 😊

[@CedarK-v3p]

these are great! that helped soo much ! I love that you just put it up no bells and whistles just straightforward improvement.

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Yay! Glad to hear! Did you practice all 3 breathing together at once?

[@beatrizconstancioarmond5395]

i just found your channel and i loved the subject you cover and how you do it so clearly! thankss

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

I am happy you are here! Let me know if you have any questions or particular topics you’d like me to cover 😊

[@a.d.3730]

​​@@elaine_yogatherapyTHANK YOU VERY MUCH 🙏🙏🙏

[@mellainenewman576]

Great help for inducing calm. Thank you

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

I’m so glad to hear that! 😊

[@terriannmuller794]

I am excited to see how this works for me. I did this one time and will plan to do it multiple times as needed. Thank you.

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Yes keep me posted!

[@elenawilmott5119]

Thank you Elaine! Do I have to do all this techniques together?

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Good question! You don’t have to. Practice all 3, and start with one that feels most helpful for you.

[@rogerconlin6439]

Thank you!!

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

You’re welcome!

[@suzyswain402]

Thank you for the practice. The humming breath was great but I have some issues with the other exercises as my pain originates from the nose following a surgery in that area 15 months ago. This makes it painful to touch it or do fast inhales through the nose.

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Thanks for the feedback! I’m glad that you found the humming breath helpful! There are a few other breathing exercises you can try that hopefully won’t irritate your nose. I’ll post the links below!

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

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[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Not exactly a breathing practice but might be helpful for pain relief: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6ayk4GQas6tja8

[@desertflower4627]

​@@elaine_yogatherapy ❤

[@greg9069]

When you feel like your butt is broken and you’ve been literally stabbed in the back, you start to think about the shame that was cast onto you, it was reinforced that you were lesser of a man while working a 60 hour work week physical labor, in school, and pursuing other hobbies everyday. You work so hard and everyone around you constantly tells you you’re no good, you’re a waste of life, you don’t deserve to be a human being because you will never be good enough.. then you hurt yourself from working too hard. Boom, chronic pain forever, you’re lucky you can walk.. lose all relationships lose career, can’t go to school.. it’s not just the physical agony, but the shame and feeling of defeat, feeling like a loser because you ruined your own life, and all the people that were gaslighting you won.

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

I'm so sorry for all of your challenges. Nobody should be made to feel like they are less than and not enough, and that definitely adds to the emotional pain on top of the physical pain. It is unfortunate that many people don't believe in chronic pain and the way that it can completely upend and ruin someone's life. I don't pretend that I have the answers to chronic pain, but am simply offering some tools that my clients have found helpful in managing their pain. If there's any guidance I can offer you, please let me know.

[@manushiparikh2715]

Anulom vilom pranayam

[@veramann]

I assume the three practices can only reduce or heal mild to moderate chronic pain, not severe chronic pain related to past trauma or PTSD.

[@elaine_yogatherapy]

Hi Roy! Thanks for the comment! I don’t claim any of my videos and practices to completely heal chronic pain or chronic illness, but as ways to manage some of the more challenging symptoms. As you mentioned, past trauma and PTSD are much more complex, and require many other interventions. These particular breathing practices can be helpful in calming the stress and anxiety of chronic pain enough so that the person can strategize their next steps. Hope this helps!

[@celesterosales8976]

Just wanting to add my 2 cents in hopes to be helpful. I live in chronic pain from RA, lupus, and psoriatic arthritis and have also been diagnosed with complex ptsd. These practices absolutely help reduce pain and in essence are a form of meditation and the only time I’m completely pain free is when I’m meditating. I have been meditating for many years and the effects are cumulative so stay with it and see how you do.