One suggestion is to try autogenics or meditation for fifteen to twenty minutes two or three times a day. This simply requires you to sit in a chair with your eyes closed. Begin by noticing only your breath. I am breathing in, I am breathing out. That s all. This is the Vipassna approach. If you want try the standard North American accepted T.M. or Transcendental Meditation, I highly recommend it. Again, sit with your eye s closed and use your mantra or sound like Om when noticing that you are thinking thoughts. Each time you are noticing that you are thinking thoughts... gently, gently start repeating your mantra or whatever sound you like replacing whatever thoughts were there. Om , is good. Om mani padme hum , is a well known standard. Using a T.M. mantra does work better for some reason. Meditation and relaxation techniques help relax the colon or bowel to help relieve constipation.