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opiates natural via meditation?

JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
edited June 2012 in Meditation
This is a little embarassing (though no need I think for member only). I have been meditating all day the past todays and today.

I am constipated even though I eat a lot of tomatoes and dried fruit. I thought it might be due to natural opiates. I am also on clozaril. So do you think it is the meditation producing opiates?

The opiates are called endorphins and people can get them from spicy peppers or running as well.

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  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited June 2012
    see if you can do some twisting exercises to loosen the bowels, and while sitting, rub your abdomen quite firmly, applying medium pressure, in a circle; down on the left, across under the tummy, and up on the right, and across, under the diaphragm. a big circle, surrounding the whole abdomen.
  • howhow Veteran Veteran
    Yup.
    The transport action of your intestines is aided by your own body movement.
    Without sitting meditation being interspersed with walking meditation, there would be a lot of grumpy monks around.
  • TheswingisyellowTheswingisyellow Trying to be open to existence Samsara Veteran
    edited June 2012
    Really up your fiber intake and drink lots of water. I don't know if endorphins will slow your gut but being sedentary will slow up your gut. Hard excercise, such as running, will release endorphins yet doesn't result in constipation. Benefiber is a good natural fiber supplement that may help.
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    It's frustrating. I tried to beat it the past 3 hours but still no luck. I'm always hoping each time I get 'up to bat'.
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    It's frustrating. I tried to beat it the past 3 hours but still no luck. I'm always hoping each time I get 'up to bat'.
    Yoga has helped me loosen up my stomach and everything else. There might be specific exercises for that?
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