Meditation & Teeth

There I was, lying on my back. Someone’s fingers were in my mouth.

Yes, a dental appointment. It would be great to meditate. What else are you going to do for an hour? Conversations were out of consideration.  Yes, let us keep our minds on the breaths. Like you can pay attention to that while stabs of pain come from those wire thingy things crawl under your gums and scrape stuff off of your teeth. Real conducive to just watching the breath come and go. Meditating on the subject of your experiences?
Six probes on each of the 32 teeth followed up with the scraping.

While I tried to keep my attention on the in and out of breathing I detoured to “relax” as I felt my shoulders tensing up. Relax, and my shoulders would go from tense to a semi-relaxed state. Relax again and I stayed somewhat relaxed for a bit. I kept drifting off to some meditative state. Until OW and I felt like I was ready to climb out of the chair. And I felt, again, stiff shoulders and returned to “relax.” What else are you going to do for an hour, laying on your back, with someone’s fingers doing what they needed to do.

I used to bring earbuds and listen to a podcast or two. What is better?

— MichaelRpdx

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