Great listen!

I absolutely loved this audio book! check it out right NOW! Well worth your time

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perfect for helping with pain

I use mindful meditation anyway but wanted something specific to help when I am in pain. This audio is just right and shows a good understanding of coping with chronic pain. This stuff is better then painkillers and works when nothing else will.

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Excellent

Thus is an excellent audio book. Extremely helpful and at a good pace.
I have been practicing mindfulness for pain for nearly eight weeks and it has really helped. The pain does not always go away but it is becoming less of an enemy.
I have found quieter moments also in other parts of my life through being able to recognise an emotion and what is attached to it.

I highly recommend this.

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be open minded this book is real help

Mindfulness meditation is a good,,tool,, to be precent in your live Don't expect the pain to go away but you can cope with them by using what is too be learned in this book

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Extremely useful guide to chronic pain

I think this book is wonderful and could do with another updated and expanded version, as the more guidance you can get with chronic pain the better.

I especially like the meditations at the end of the book and return to them again and again :)

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Best mindfulness I've reviewed to date

Points out a few keys things.

It is working, but does need time, I listen to it a lot and iT is helping me.

They point out how this was developed ages ago, and they would tell those who were one or course they didn't have to like it, it may appear boring but they had to do it.

It works as I do fall asleep to it (oops) but in between I am learning to change my mindset, and that is very powerful indeed,

It's now my go to to calm down, regain control of anxiety and painful situations
I'm a bendy zebra with chronic fibro pain issues and complex history. This is helping, though on my case I found this whilst seeing talking therapies.mbut this we always be there :)

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Excellent introduction to mindfulness meditation

What made the experience of listening to Meditation for Pain Relief the most enjoyable?

If you are interested in mindfulness meditation techniques and unable, for whatever reason, to attend the actual course, Kabat-Zinn's book is an excellent introduction. Narrated by the author and containing guided meditations, the Audiobook affords the listener the opportunity of an 'aural transmission' from a meditator of considerable experience.Kabat-Zinn's gently modulated tones create an ideal atmosphere for meditating, as the Author encourages the listener to tune into or out of the narration as necessary. Kabat-Zinn's experience as a meditator and meditation teacher is evident in the light touch he brings to bear on all the frequently encountered challenges to the development of a regular meditation practice.

Have you listened to any of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I've also listened to "Full Catastrophe Living" and "Wherever you go, there you are" and feel that this particular performance, being more gently modulated in pitch, pace and intensity, is ideally suited to the purpose at hand.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I have been using this audiobook twice a day for the last three months and have found Kabat-Zinn to be a faithful, non-judgmental and supportive meditation guide: my meditation practice has flourished and I appear to be reaping the rewards in terms of mental and emotional wellbeing. Highly recommended.

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Mindfulness meditation for pain relief

Brilliant by far. Must read / listen. Really does work. Enjoy Thank you x x x

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Highly recommended for anyone suffering with pain

A friend suggested Jon Kabat Zinn and I sampled this audiobook and just haven't looked back, listening and practising every day. It has helped me so much with my pain management - it and Jon seem like a comforting friend to me. I'd recommend it to anyone who is struggling with daily pain, separate the pain from suffering and learn to live moment to moment in a more positive way.

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Excellent resource for chronic pain sufferers.

If you could sum up Meditation for Pain Relief in three words, what would they be?

Easy and effective

What did you like best about this story?

Story aside, I have tried many audio books for pain relief meditation over the years and this is by far, way out there in front, the best. It is grounded in clinical research and is backed up by many other resources if you want to go further, although I don't think there is any real need as this is so good. I may change my mind when I've been using it longer than a few weeks, time will tell.

Which character – as performed by Jon Kabat-Zinn – was your favourite?

This isn't really an appropriate question given the subject matter, but I do like the fact that it's presented/read out by the Doc who instigated the programme . You really get a sense of his dedication and commitment in developing the programme.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Definitely and many times more.

Any additional comments?

I would recommend this to anyone who experiences chronic debilitating pain. It is a no nonsense practical resource which contains the best and easiest instructions for developing mindfulness I have ever come across. It also contains some truly life enhancing information. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

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