WINNER OF BEST BOOK (POPULAR MEDICINE) AT THE BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION BOOK AWARDS 2014

Pain, misery, and anxiety can be unbearable - but they don't have to be that way. Mindfulness for Health reveals a series of simple practices that you can incorporate into your daily life to relieve chronic pain and the additional discomfort caused by illness. Clinical trials show that mindfulness meditation can be just as effective as prescribed painkillers and also boosts the body's natural healing systems. Mindfulness can also reduce anxiety, depression, irritability, exhaustion, and insomnia that can result from chronic pain and illness.

Mindfulness for Health is based on a unique meditation program developed by Vidyamala Burch to help her cope with severe pain from a spinal injury. Taught at Breathworks in the UK - and its affiliates worldwide - this program has helped tens of thousands of people manage pain, illness, and stress. The groundbreaking approach of Breathworks is praised by Professor Mark Williams of the University of Oxford, Jon Kabat-Zinn, and Professor Lance McCracken of King's College London.

The eight-day program at the heart of this book takes just 10-20 minutes a day. It is particularly effective for the major causes of pain - back problems, arthritis, migraine, and diabetes - but works equally well for cancer (and related chemotherapy), coronary heart disease, fibromyalgia, celiac disease, lupus, chronic fatigue syndrome, IBS, childbirth pain, and even vestibular dysfunction. You will be surprised at how quickly your pain will diminish, leaving you able to live life to the fullest again.

Pages: 288, Year of Publication: 0910, Dimensions: 15.4x15.4cm