How to Meditate in the Dentist Chair
Nobody likes to sit around getting their teeth scraped, sanded and drilled while their gums bleed. You can switch your focus from blood to bliss if you meditate in the dentist chair. Even if you don't get the zen zone down pat, at least trying will give you something to do other than wonder if you'll have any teeth left when the dentist is done. Read on to learn more.
Things You'll Need:
Concentration
Patience
Imagination
1
Sit back, relax, close your eyes. You may want to mention to the dentist that you are going to attempt to meditate. This way he'll refrain from asking all kinds of questions you are unable to answer anyway with a drill shoved in your mouth.
2
Place your right thumb on the flap of skin between your index finger and thumb of your left hand. This is a pressure point that is known to soothe. Press harder as you need more calming. It sure beats digging your nails into the vinyl armrests.
3
Breathe deeply in and out through your nose only. Continue to breathe deep with each scrape, rattle and roll. Get a rhythm down that slows your heart rate and calms your nerves.
4
Picture a bright yellow light, starting at your toes and moving up your body. The soothing, yellow beam rests on each body part for two deep breaths then moves on up.
5
If you are still way too conscious of the slicing and dicing inside your mouth, begin to chant inside your head. Saying "healthy teeth, healthy teeth" over and over will give you something else to concentrate on.
6
If you just can't get the dental instruments out of your head, incorporate their movements into your meditation. Each scrape of the plaque picker is sloughing away evil. Each turn of the polisher rubs another spot of hope into your soul. As the drill bores deeper into your jaw, more tension is released from your brain.
7
Use any combination of the above as your concentration allows. Since meditation is often accompanied by prayer, feel free to switch gears and just ask God for the strength to endure until all this crap is over.
Tips & Warnings
Keep relaxing your shoulders and neck, that's where I tend to tense up the most.
If you don't have to use the bathroom or have an emergency, don't ask for breaks. It will just disrupt what little concentration you were able to muster and prolong the agony.
You can take along a portable CD player and headphones but you run the giant risk of ruining the experience of whatever music you play. Jim Morrison could forever be linked with getting a drill jammed in your jaw.
Don't bite.
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Nobody likes to sit around getting their teeth scraped, sanded and drilled while their gums bleed. You can switch your focus from blood to bliss if you meditate in the dentist chair. Even if you don't get the zen zone down pat, at least trying will give you something to do other than wonder if you'll have any teeth left when the dentist is done. Read on to learn more.
Things You'll Need:
Concentration
Patience
Imagination
1
Sit back, relax, close your eyes. You may want to mention to the dentist that you are going to attempt to meditate. This way he'll refrain from asking all kinds of questions you are unable to answer anyway with a drill shoved in your mouth.
2
Place your right thumb on the flap of skin between your index finger and thumb of your left hand. This is a pressure point that is known to soothe. Press harder as you need more calming. It sure beats digging your nails into the vinyl armrests.
3
Breathe deeply in and out through your nose only. Continue to breathe deep with each scrape, rattle and roll. Get a rhythm down that slows your heart rate and calms your nerves.
4
Picture a bright yellow light, starting at your toes and moving up your body. The soothing, yellow beam rests on each body part for two deep breaths then moves on up.
5
If you are still way too conscious of the slicing and dicing inside your mouth, begin to chant inside your head. Saying "healthy teeth, healthy teeth" over and over will give you something else to concentrate on.
6
If you just can't get the dental instruments out of your head, incorporate their movements into your meditation. Each scrape of the plaque picker is sloughing away evil. Each turn of the polisher rubs another spot of hope into your soul. As the drill bores deeper into your jaw, more tension is released from your brain.
7
Use any combination of the above as your concentration allows. Since meditation is often accompanied by prayer, feel free to switch gears and just ask God for the strength to endure until all this crap is over.
Tips & Warnings
Keep relaxing your shoulders and neck, that's where I tend to tense up the most.
If you don't have to use the bathroom or have an emergency, don't ask for breaks. It will just disrupt what little concentration you were able to muster and prolong the agony.
You can take along a portable CD player and headphones but you run the giant risk of ruining the experience of whatever music you play. Jim Morrison could forever be linked with getting a drill jammed in your jaw.
Don't bite.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2152891_meditate-dentist-chair.html
