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Mindfulness for Health

A Practical Guide to Relieving Pain, Reducing Stress and Restoring Well-Being

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Mindfulness for Health

By: Vidyamala Burch, Danny Penman
Narrated by: Vidyamala Burch
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Pain, suffering, and stress can be intolerable - but it doesn't have to be this way. Mindfulness for Health reveals a set of simple practices that you can incorporate into daily life to relieve chronic pain, suffering and stress. Clinical trials show that mindfulness meditation is at least as effective as the most commonly prescribed painkillers and can be more powerful than morphine. Mindfulness can also significantly 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 a spinal injury. The Breathworks Centre founded by Vidyamala - and its affiliates around the world - have helped thousands of people cope with pain, illness and stress. Its pioneering approach is praised by Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, Jon Kabat Zinn, and Professor Lance McCraken of King's College London. The eight week programme at the heart of this book takes just 10-20 minutes per day. You'll be surprised by how quickly your suffering melts away, leaving behind a deep-seated love of life. This title includes eight guided meditations which appear throughout the audio, as well as being collected at the end.

©2013 Danny Penman and Vidyamala Burch (P)2013 Hachette Audio Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating Fitness, Diet & Nutrition Spirituality

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"A beautiful and compassionate book, Mindfulness for Health will put you back in touch with the extraordinary person you already are" (Professor Mark Williams, University of Oxford)
"This book provides an extremely effective and elegant mind-body approach to healing... Highly recommended" (Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, author of Full Catastrophe Living and Coming to Our Senses)
"In a world of much suffering, this book is a gift of wisdom and practical help" (Professor Paul Gilbert, PhD, OBE, author of The Compassionate Mind and Mindful Compassion, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK)
"If you have chronic pain or another persistent health problem, if you struggle, feel stuck or feel alone, read and follow this book. It will encourage, guide and liberate you" (Lance M. McCracken, PhD, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, King’s College London)
"An excellent resource for people in the community who live with pain and long-term health conditions, and also for those health-care professionals who support them" (Peter Moore, co-author of the Pain Toolkit)
"Through simple exercises, well explained and prepare... they guide the reader through the principles and practice of mindfulness applied to pain, and towards self-understanding, gentle control and connectedness" (Dr Amanda C de C Williams, Reader in Clinical Health Psychology, University College London)
"Vidyamala and Danny have written an inspiring book... It is alive with heart-warming stories and practical and engaging ways of managing your distress and finding more joy, peace, wisdom and compassion for yourself and others - from day one of this excellent programme. It is a guidebook for thriving and not just surviving each day" (Timothea Goddard, MBSR teacher, Psychotherapist – Openground, Australia)
" Mindfulness for Health offers those who struggle with the painful loss of health much support to become more alive and compassionate and not trapped by pain and ill health. This truly resourceful book will help people grow their own sense of self... and lessen their suffering" (Dr Frances Cole, GP, Pain Rehabilitation Specialist and CBT therapist, Leeds Community Trust, Spinal Pain Management Service, UK)
"Thoughtful and practical... This will be an important resource for the mindfulness community" (Dr Elizabeth Foley, Senior MBCT Facilitator & Researcher, Sydney, Australia)
"Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman... show how the benefits of mindfulness can bring a different kind of healing so that the mind-body can be calmed, focused, refreshed and renewed" (Liz Lobb, Professor of Palliative Care, Sydney, Australia)
"Mindfulness offers a distinctly compassionate and authentic way to reconcile our experiences of pain... I would really encourage you to give yourself eight weeks with this book. You will be rewarded with a profound change" (Dr Margaret Macky, FAFOEM, Occupational Medicine Specialist, New Zealand)

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INCREDIBLE

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I'm going to soon, I got so much out of it the first time and am sure the second will reaffirm the inner peace and warmth this book helped me find.

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An amazing start to a journey into mindfulness for me, and a book that a plan to return to many times whenever in need of a little guidance. I'd recommend this to anyone suffering from pain, mental, physical or both. Well written, in a way other self help books aren't, this one really doesn't make you feel to blame. Gives you knowledge and techniques, and guides you in how to apply them.

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Very relevant and well presented

The book stays relevant to the subject and helps focus on positive outçones through the mindfulness process.

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This makes a difference

I recommend this book for reconnecting with your body and understanding pain and how to deal with it. It has made a huge difference to me. I am now very attached to the narration - I have a Pavlovian response to the sound of Viridyana's voice as it has been so effective. The only criticism I had was that there was no summary of what to do each week but after feeding back to Breathworks and the publisher, this information has now been added to the Breathworks site. I have been recommending this book a lot.

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The perfect guide to mindful meditation

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This book could potentially change your life. It is an easy to follow guide to mindful meditation. I bought it to accompany the course and love it.

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Brilliant brilliant brilliant

I use this audiobook every day. The meditations are beautifully paced and read. Well done guys.
If you're in any kind of pain I cannot recommend this highly enough.
Start listening today!

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Beautifully read

Perfect pacing, particularly the bodyscan meditation. Actually relaxing, unlike a lot of mindfulness/relaxation audiobooks!

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Excellent pain management tool

I'd recommend this book for anyone who needs to develop some pain lowering calm in their lives. Do you get grumpy from your pain levels? Is life a chore because of your Chronic Pain? Then do try listening to this book. It can revolutionise your life! 😃

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For everyone's benefit

Powerful story and practices to help people manage their physical and mental health with greater presence in daily life. Learning to live our life rather than resist it. Flourishing with rather than denying our ill health.
Stay with it and follow the daily practices, it will change your life experience.

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all good until.....

until the author says that by practicing mindfulness, you get 'love and happiness'. That rubbed me off the wrong way. I thought: 'Shoot me now.'. I think only children and idiots can be 'happy'. As Schopenhauer wrote: 'You wonder if you can be happy? It's not difficult, merely impossible....the best you get, is experience.'

Also I prefer a good professional narrator....therefore I prefer the audiobooks by Mark Williams. This is not to say that you should not study this audiobook. You should.

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Life changing

THE book I turn to when I need to reconnect and look after myself. This book and it's meditations helped me reduce pain medication and cultivate a new relationship with myself and my difficulties. Highly recommended

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