Dear Brian:

I thought about you last night- I have this sciatica pain in my upper leg- I hardly slept the night before last so I was afraid of feeling the pain. I was not feeling the pain but was afraid I WILL feel it so I couldn’t sleep last night…until I felt it, and relaxed: I didn’t … have to be anxious about IF I will feel the pain.

Next, the pain was inside, vague but distressing. I placed a yoga/ therapy ball under the spot where it hurt and as a result the pain became stronger but clearer, not vague and inside but clear and on the surface. That made me feel better and I was able to sleep.

I am wondering if this can be of any use to you? … I am wondering if switching focus somehow from fear to hurt, feeling the pain itself, the pain in you, that is, would be preferrable to the fear…

anita