Dealing with pain day in and day out can create a lot of stress on our bodies and minds. Stress reduction expert Jon Kabat-Zinn recommends the body scan mindfulness exercise as the best form of mindfulness meditation for pain conditions. Kabat-Zinn advises practicing the exercise every day for 45 minutes, even if it seems boring or doesn’t seem to be helping. „You don’t have to like it, you just have to do it,“ he explains in his book: