{"product_id":"mindfulness-meditation-for-pain-relief-practices-to-reclaim-your-body-and-your-life-9781683649380","title":"Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief: Practices to Reclaim Your Body and Your Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePain may be unavoidable at times, but suffering--in other words, how we relate to the pain--is optional. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJon 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eMindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief\u003c\/i\u003e, Jon guides us through the fundamentals, a series of evidence-based practices that anyone can apply gently and effectively to address even intense forms of pain and suffering, as a complement to whatever medical treatments one might be receiving. Includes audio guidance for all key practices, accessible online and led by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis supportive guide, graced with soothing images and large color-type key elements, includes instruction in mindful breathing, working with intense sensations, befriending thoughts and emotions, taking refuge in awareness, and bringing mindfulness into everyday life as a new way of being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, \u003c\/b\u003e is professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the founder and director of its renowned Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Clinic. His clinic was featured in 1993 in the public television series \u003ci\u003eHealing and the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e with Bill Moyers. Jon Kabat-Zinn is the author of 15 books, in print in over 45 languages. These include \u003ci\u003eFull Catastrophe Living\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWherever You Go, There You Are\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Coming to Our Senses\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Mindfulness for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sounds True","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614887022866,"sku":"9781683649380","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6109271d-f190-4743-afaf-46da0530ee9f.jpg?v=1732466347","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mindfulness-meditation-for-pain-relief-practices-to-reclaim-your-body-and-your-life-9781683649380","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}