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Can meditation get you stress relief from a molar root canal? Maybe, Maybe not

Have you ever thought that you could experience stress relief by going to the dentist? Today let me share with you my story of getting stress relief from going to thedentist.

Here is my story

Two weeks ago I left home to go for a walk. As I was walking I noticed a feeling of
discomfort in one of my teeth. I decided to drop in to see my dentist and check out my concern.

The appointment

Without an appointment, my dentist saw me. He took an x-ray and then told me that the x-ray results indicated that I needed to have a molar root canal to fix the problem. (My dentist had flagged this tooth previously so he was not surprised at the results.)

Two weeks waiting period for a root canal extraction

That’s the good news. The bad news was that I would have to wait two weeks before I could have another appointment. The dentist offered to write me a prescription because he thought that I would need something to help with the pain.

He believed that if I did not take the medication my face might swell up like a balloon. I told him “I beg to differ” and refused to take the prescription.

Fast forward to the day of my dental appointment two weeks later

As I was sitting in the dentist’s chair, he asked me about taking the medication (remember, no medication equals face swelling up). Some people believe in allopathy. I will
explain that later.

Taken no pain medication for stress relief

I looked lovingly into my dentist’s eyes and told him he was a good dentist and he should stick to what he is good at. I also reminded him that I teach meditation and I am also good at what I do, so let’s not cross the line (I had not taken any pain medication for two weeks and was in no discomfort).

The two hour dental operation

While my dentist was performing the two hour operation I went into a deep meditation.When I went home from the dentist my partner and my daughter wondered how I was feeling. Because of the deep meditation there was no pain or discomfort.

I actually taught my regular Wednesday night meditation class that evening and my students could not believe that I was comfortable teaching and enjoying stress relief.

One of my students asked about the pain associated with the freezing when it wore off.
The deep meditation I had done while sitting in the dentist’s chair took care of the pain of the discomfort when the freezing wore off.

I had promised earlier to tell you about the word allopathy.

An allopathic is someone who believes in treating the symptoms of pain rather than the
cause thus the “have pains take a pill” mentality. When you practice meditation your learn how to embrace pain rather than pushing it away.

So what is the moral of the story?

Going to the dentist is mind over matter in the context of meditation. Your can fight the pain and create greater discomfort, take medication, or you can embrace the pain through meditation and enjoy profound stress relief.

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Cecil McIntosh, The EYC™ Stress Relaxation Expert with 14 years of experience helping Entrepreneurs like you, stay focused, get more done and find more time, so that you can live in the moment. He is a published author of many audio Relaxation Programs using accelerated learning approaches and a Teacher, NLP Trainer and Coach. You can reach Cecil at cecil.mcintosh@gmail.com

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