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Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief

Practices to Reclaim Your Body and Your Life
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Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief by Jon Kabat-Zinn offers practical guidance on using mindfulness to manage chronic pain. The book introduces seven fundamental attitudes to cultivate mindfulness amidst pain, followed by techniques such as mindful breathing, working with intense sensations, detaching from painful thoughts, taking mindful pauses, and integrating mindfulness into everyday life. Accompanied by digital guided meditations, this beautifully illustrated book adapts Kabat-Zinn's influential teachings into a soothing resource for those facing ongoing discomfort.
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This book is ideal for individuals suffering from chronic pain, healthcare practitioners seeking complementary approaches, and anyone interested in mindfulness meditation for health and wellness.

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Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who brought mindfulness into mainstream medicine, presents proven approaches for working gently and effectively to relieve even the most trying and intense chronic pain.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who brought mindfulness into mainstream medicine, presents proven approaches for working gently and effectively to relieve even the most trying and intense chronic pain.

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It is said that one in five Americans—or 50 million people—suffer from chronic pain. In response to these staggering statistics, Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who brought mindfulness into mainstream medicine, is offering proven mindfulness meditation practices to work gently and effectively with the most challenging circumstances.

Originally published in audio format as Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief, the content is being adapted to a soothing and beautiful, illustrated book with accompanying guided meditation practices (offered digitally). The book opens with an overview of seven fundamental attitudes we can develop and deploy to cultivate mindfulness in relationship to chronic pain and its incessant challenges, and continues with the following concepts:

  • Mindfulness of breathing—how to "put out the welcome mat" for whatever arises in one's experience
  • What to do about pain—how to work with intense and unwanted sensations
  • Working with thoughts and emotions—how to avoid identifying with your experience of pain and instead see sensations and thoughts as sensations and thoughts
  • Resting in awareness—a three-minute mindful pause to restore balance, resilience, and self-compassion
  • Mindfulness in everyday life—allowing the nitty-gritty of one's daily life to be both the ultimate meditation teacher and the real meditation practice

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683649380

Publisher: Sounds True Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 April 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Sounds True Inc

Illustration: Approx. 10 4-C illos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 231.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 152

About the Author

Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where he founded the Center for Mindfulness and its world-renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Clinic. He is the author of 14 books, including Full Catastrophe Living; Wherever You Go, There You Are; Mindfulness for Beginners; and the new four-volume update of Coming to Our Senses (2108/2019). He lectures and leads mindfulness workshops and retreats around the world.

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