Self Healing Meditation

Has anyone tried? With success? A mentor mentioned he used meditation to control, and actually heal, keloid's on his body.
If you know what a Keloid is, that is not an easy task.

One blog I stumbled across: www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-12-25/can-meditation-cure-disease/

Another at lunch mentioned author Louis Hay and her books "Heal Your Body A-Z: The Mental Causes for Physical Illness and the Way to Overcome Them", and "You Can Heal Your Life". Pretty powerful Stuff. I experienced something similar at a self help seminar...after a full day of learning, 8 hours straight, my body and mind were spent. We had a few more hours to go, but I was done, wanted alone time to chill. The speaker lead us through 5min of breathing exercise and I was revived with energy I hadn't had all day. Mind Blowing. I've since researched this to be Kundalini/Reiki based, maybe the breathe of fire. I'm still searching. Also heard about "Tummo" where Tibetan monks raise the internal heat of their body, check this out:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tummo, read about Wim Hof


It's obvious our mind is a powerful tool in this quest for us to put UC in check, or even check-mate

I have had experience with intention meditation both as a UC patient and as a physician. I had the great pleasure of spending time under the care and guidance of Dr. Deepak Chopra after I was first diagnosed. He taught me how to meditate and believed strongly it the ability to guide the mind to opening up channels of healing in the body. There are many examples of individuals healing from cancer and other ailments. Most of these stories are anecdotal, some research has been performed showing that meditation can effectively lower blood pressure with statistical significance. I have used meditation since 2007. It has helped me greatly but I could not say how effective it has been in keeping me in remission. I come back to it more during times when my life is particularly stressful or when I have a sense of a flare arising in my colon...and to date I have been able to stay in remission.

I do believe strongly in the minds impact on health. I don't specifically guide my patients towards meditation (I am an orthopedic surgeon) but I work hard to get my patients on board to thinking about their health in a positive way. I have had patients through the years who are not open to any form of healing and that is exactly what they experience. I always encourage my patients and let them know that they can get better. I believe that this applies strongly to UC patients. My GI said to me at one of our first meetings that "you will never be rid of this, you will never be the same". I accept these words and I know that they are true for many UC patients but I know that they are not true for all patients.

Napacabs -

Can you comment on this thread please (about the Amino Acid Treatment)? Just curious of your take on things given your background.

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=38&m=2621363

Thanks,

Mark

@napacabs
"I have had patients through the years who are not open to any form of healing and that is exactly what they experience....... My GI said to me at one of our first meetings that "you will never be rid of this, you will never be the same". I accept these words and I know that they are true for many UC patients but I know that they are not true for all patients."

thank you doctor. I've experienced the same. sounds like you're in agreeance with the integrative medicine route

If progressive massage therapy is considered more powerful at inhibiting tnf than foods, it's worth looking at. I know I will be, not just for my proctitis but my anxiety has worsened because of it