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    Free-Floating in Discomfort

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    Ines FreedmanPublished August 20, 2016 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 1 min read

    Ines Freedman, an insight meditation teacher at the Insight Meditation Center and Insight Retreat Center who is known for her work bringing meditation to people living with chronic pain, leads this guided meditation on free-floating in discomfort (about 31 minutes). It is a practice for working with the discomfort of pain, and some people find it brings some calm. Mindfulness may change how some people relate to pain, and experiences vary. This practice complements medical care for pain; it does not replace it.

    For more from Ines on pain, see the four-part series, starting with Pain in Meditation & Daily Life, 1/4.

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