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Tue 05 May 2004Using meditation to ease chronic painA former musician with the RTÉ symphony orchestra, Clive Shannon uses meditation to ease the pain caused by fibromyalgia and RSI. Iva Pocock writes'For seven years I was admitted twice a year to the Jonathan Swift psychiatric unit but since I started meditation in 1999 I haven't been back," explains Clive Shannon. He is one of a number of people who are turning to the ancient technique of meditation as a means of coping with chronic illness.