Part 2 book “Clinical hypnosis in pain therapy and palliative care “ has contents: Mindfulness and meditative states inspiritual care - types and techniques, clinical hypnosis, mindfulness, and music therapy, clinical hypnosis, mindfulness, and the language of metaphors, relaxation and hypnosis in pediatric patients - techniques forpain relief and palliative care, and other contents. | Chapter V MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATIVE STATES IN SPIRITUAL CARE: TYPES AND TECHNIQUES editation is a powerful technique to help all of us make more of our own potential and to relate better to others at the workplace, at home, in the community, and in our lives generally. Recent research by prominent neuroscientists in the United States has shown that for experienced meditators, activity in the area of the brain associated with happiness is more persistent. Moreover, it also appears that experienced meditators do not get nearly as flustered, shocked or surprised by unpredictable events as do nonmeditators (Flanagan, 2003). Meditation and hypnosis can help us develop our potential, in ways that have a positive effect on our life, suffering, and general well-being. They can help individuals to M • Cultivate a better understanding of others, leading to increased harmony and shared sense of purpose • Deal more calmly with potentially stressful circumstances • Experience increased energy at work and at home • Decrease pain and suffering • Bring greater concentration and focus to the mind and inner self • Develop the ability to see and respond to situations with clarity and creativity • Develop higher consciousness and the knowledge of higher self • Help suffering people in pain therapy • Help dying people in palliative care When we start practicing hypnosis and meditative states, we start feeling relaxed, peaceful, and happy. This is a kind of intergenerative process. You meditate, and you get the reward in the form of joy and happiness, which in 179 180 Clinical Hypnosis in Pain Therapy and Palliative Care turn motivates you to meditate more. Over time, it becomes your automatic practice, a kind of “sanskar.” You feel uneasy and think something is missing from your life if you do not meditate on any particular day. When you start your day with meditation, the peace and joy generated last the whole day. whatever the nature of your activities. It is like having a .
