Response to your experiments

Dear Fiona,

I am very concerned about your latest posting, "Some feedback from the experiments I have done." I hate to hear that you are suffering so much.

Your experiments make it clear that you need to seek help for your physical and other problems before you can enjoy the results from NSR that others enjoy. This is nothing to feel bad about. I completely agree with your decision to stop practicing NSR. Now is the time to address your physical distress and completely resolve it through appropriate medical care. I urge you not to try to do this on your own, but seek professional help. Individual practice of a mental technique, no matter how natural and powerful, is no substitute for professional care. NSR will always be there for you, when you are ready for it. Don't feel any anxiety over not practicing: sometimes we need to stop and rest before we can resume our journey. This is as true for me as it is for you.

In Chapter 7 of her book, The Book of Meditation, Dr. Patricia Carrington, a practicing psychologist, writes, "In my own psychotherapeutic work, I have seen several TM meditators in whom tension-related physical symptoms or a latent emotional illness apparently became aggravated after commencing meditation. While these people are the extreme exceptions, they are a cause for concern... We immediately reduce meditation time at the first sign of an emerging difficulty, rather than risk any buildup of stress in a meditator... Each person will judge this for himself by trusting in the wisdom of his own inner self to know what is correct for him in terms of how much meditation is beneficial."

I hope you know that we continue to be here for you, ready to help in any way we can. You may also contact me privately via email, using the Contact Us form at www.nsrusa.org.

David Spector
Natural Stress Relief/USA