If you're reading this,
chances are that your life, or the life of someone you know, is shaped by
pain—and by the physical and emotional suffering that usually accompany it.
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.
The good news: Jon Kabat-Zinn
and his colleagues have helped thousands of people learn to use the power of
mindfulness to transform their relationship to pain and suffering, and to
discover new degrees of freedom for living with greater ease and quality of
life. Now, with Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief, the man who brought
mindfulness into mainstream medicine presents these approaches for working
gently and effectively with even the most trying of circumstances.
Session one gives us an
overview of seven fundamental attitudes we can develop and deploy to cultivate
mindfulness in relationship to chronic pain and its incessant challenges. On
session two, Jon Kabat-Zinn leads us in guided meditations drawn from his
pioneering Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) methodology:
“Through the systematic
cultivation of mindfulness, we can reclaim the entire spectrum of our
experience and the joys inherent in living,” explains Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief offers us a precious and tested vehicle
for embracing the “full catastrophe” of the human condition and thriving in the
face of it.
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