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Mindfulness meditation for pain relief : practices to reclaim your body and your life / Jon Kabat-Zinn.

by Kabat-Zinn, Jon.

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Sounds True, 2023.

Meditation -- Therapeutic use.

Mindfulness (Psychology)

Chronic pain -- Alternative treatment.

9781683649380 (pbk.)

vi, 201 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Pain may be unavoidable at times, but suffering -- in other words, how we relate to the pain -- is optional. We know that practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and cultivate deep, embodied well-being -- but what about its value in dealing with physical pain and the suffering that ensues when it seems overwhelming or unrelenting? Jon Kabat-Zinn developed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to help medical patients with ongoing chronic pain conditions who were not responding to conventional treatments, including drugs or surgery, to use mindfulness as a formal meditation practice and as a way of being in relationship to experience throughout the day to regulate and attenuate the experience of suffering. Since then, the practices of MBSR have become world-renowned for their effectiveness in helping people learn to live and live well with ongoing health challenges, including chronic pain conditions."--From publisher.

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