Seraphita, first, to be practical: when I was having spasms a few years ago, I got the Bad Back Book. The author highly recommends the Cat Camel asana for back problems. In my experience, sometimes pain overshadows meditation and sometimes it doesn't. It's a bit unpredictable but I tend to follow common sense with regards to diet and sleep to keep my body healthy on a basic level. Then extra challenges of pain and or germs are not so difficult. Hope this helps.
On Saturday, November 9, 2013 8:22 PM, "s3raph...@yahoo.com" <s3raph...@yahoo.com> wrote: I mentioned on a recent thread that I've got back pain at the moment. (A rarity for me.) Actually "pain" is way too strong a word - it's just an irritating ache which lasts all day but I don't notice it when I'm distracted - or when I do my TM session. What I wanted to ask was: is it the case that those suffering from *chronic* pain (the kind of pain that even pain-killers can't completely eradicate) can still practise TM? Does anyone have any experience of that situation?
