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ginger, stomach, stress and meditation

Dear Dr. Stoll,

I am in my second week of trying your ginger root juice therapy for GERD and it's probably helping (I'll know more soon). My question is about meditation. I believe my stomach/digestion problems are pretty much due to emotional stress (I have lots of tough things going on right now in my personal life) so I'm interested in relaxation techniques. I took a course in TM about 15 years ago and did it for a while (I don't remember how long -- maybe a year), but my experience was that it relaxed me wonderfully for a short time, but as soon as I started thinking about my worries again I'd quickly get as stressed out as before. That's mainly why I didn't keep it up. I believe myself to be pretty emotionally unstable (i.e. I can go quickly from relaxed to tense) -- I don't know if that plays a role.

So -- my question is if you have comments or advice on meditation. I'd like to try it again, but I don't have that much confidence it will really help me relax.

Any advice?

Thanks a lot in advance. (I think it's wonderful you are willing to answer questions like this!)

Laura

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