Mindfulness for Health: A practical guide to relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing
WINNER OF BEST BOOK (POPULAR MEDICINE) AT THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’S BOOK AWARDS 2014 Pain, suffering and stress can be intolerable – but it doesn’t have to be this way.Mindfulness for Health reveals a series of simple practices that you can incorporate into your daily life to relieve chronic pain and the suffering and stress
WINNER OF BEST BOOK (POPULAR MEDICINE) AT THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION’S BOOK AWARDS 2014
Pain, suffering and stress can be intolerable – but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Mindfulness for Health reveals a series of simple practices that you can incorporate into your daily life to relieve chronic pain and the suffering and stress of illness. Clinical trials show that mindfulness meditation can be as effective as prescription painkillers and also enhances the body’s natural healing systems. Mindfulness can also reduce the anxiety, depression, irritability, exhaustion and insomnia that can arise from chronic pain and illness.
Mindfulness for Health is based on a unique meditation programme developed by Vidyamala Burch to help her cope with the severe pain of spinal injury. Taught at Breathworks in the UK – and its affiliates around the world – this programme has helped tens of thousands of people cope with pain, illness and stress. Breathworks’ pioneering approach is praised by Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Professor Lance McCracken of King’s College London.
The eight-week programme at the heart of this book takes just 10-20 minutes per day. It is particularly effective for the biggest causes of pain – back problems, arthritis, migraine and diabetes but works equally well for cancer (and its associated chemotherapy), heart disease, fibromyalgia, celiac disease, lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome, IBS, labour pain and even tinnitus. You will be surprised by how quickly your suffering melts away, leaving you able to live life to the full again.
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After finishing the 8 week course my severe nerve pain reduced by at least 80% If you are reading these reviews you are probably suffering from pain, illness, stress or other difficulty or know someone who is. It is no exaggeration to say this book is life changing and yes I know lots of books say that but this one is incredible. It will help you change your relationship to pain and suffering reducing both. After finishing the 8 week course my severe nerve pain reduced by at least 80% , my osteopath now recommends it to her patients .My nerve pain has gone but I…
Kindle version not user friendly This book was recommended by my physiotherapist. Although the core content is good the packaging and presentation of the Kindle version leave a lot to be desireRed.The promised CD did not appear despite me contacting the publishers at the address given, I have checked and this is their current address, they simply do not to respond. The files are available if you register for soundcloud but they are in a mix of formats and naming conventions and worse are numbered incorrectly so…
Really worth having a go at this programme if you … Really worth having a go at this programme if you are stressed and have pain. Inparticular it has helped me relax at bedtime and sleep well and also recharge in the middle of the day when weariness sets in. The book is very well written and makes a lot of sense.