“I just relaxed. And it just happened. I wasn’t thinking about it; I wasn’t complaining about it; I was so used to living with it ... and the pain just disappeared.”

When Joe was a combat pilot 50 years ago, he was repeatedly subjected to extreme forces of acceleration known as “Gs.” And ever since, he’d lived with constant pain due to compressed vertebrae in his spine.

An avid student of Dr Joe’s work, Joe came prepared to his first Week Long Advanced Retreat. He took the Progressive Online Course twice – and continued to practice the meditations ahead of the event. Even so, early in the retreat, he found himself struggling. Joe was judging his practice and his experience.

And then, toward the end of a meditation, he let go. He overcame his analytical mind. He relaxed and surrendered ... and that’s when it happened. For the first time in five decades, he was pain-free.

Recorded at the Nashville Week Long Advanced Retreat in September 2024