You Are Not Your Pain : Using Mindfulness to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress, and Restore Well-Being---An Eight-Week Program

Burch, Vidyamala, Penman, Danny

ISBN 10: 125005267X / ISBN 13: 9781250052674

Published by Flatiron Books, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: You Are Not Your Pain : Using Mindfulness to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress, and Restore Well-Being---An Eight-Week Program
• Publisher: Flatiron Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 125005267X
• ISBN 13: 9781250052674
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Developed by two authors, Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman who themselves have struggled with severe pain after sustaining serious injuries, You Are Not Your Pain reveals a simple eight-week program of mindfulness-based practices that will melt away your suffering.

The eight meditations in this book take just ten to twenty minutes per day and have been shown to be as effective as prescription painkillers to soothe some of the most common causes of pain. These mindfulness-based practices soothe the brain's pain networks, while also significantly reducing the anxiety, stress, exhaustion, irritability, and depression that often accompanies chronic pain and illness.

Whether you experience back pain, arthritis, or migraines, are suffering from fibromyalgia, celiac disease, or undergoing chemotherapy, you will quickly learn to manage your pain and live life fully once again.

About the Authors

VIDYAMALA BURCH is a founder and codirector of Breathworks, an organization offering mindfulness-based and compassion-based approaches to living well with chronic pain, illness, and stress. In 2008 she published Living Well with Pain and Illness which is based on her Breathworks program. She has also produced meditation CDs and booklets available through Breathworks.

DR. DANNY PENMAN is an award-winning journalist and author. He has worked for the BBC and The Independent and is a feature and comment writer for the London Daily Mail. He holds a PhD in biochemistry and a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism. He is coauthor of the bestselling Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan to Finding Peace in a Frantic World.