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Living Well with Pain and Illness: The mindful way to free yourself from suffering by Vidyamala Burch. Piatkus 2008
"The book is a moving and compelling invitation to bring a radically new way of working with the fact of our pain. It is a book of enormous tenderness and honesty, offering wise guidance on how we can live with greater ease by turning towards what we most fear about our pain and suffering."
Mark Williams, Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Available from the Breathworks office
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The following books can be bought from Amazon.co.uk
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Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Piatkus 1996.
Based on Dr Kabat-Zinn’s extensive experience running the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centres in the USA. They run courses helping people with chronic pain and stress to manage their lives.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse by Zindel V Segel, Mark G Williams, John D Teasdale. Guilford 2002
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The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn. Guilford 2007
Includes a guided meditation CD
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The Breathing Book by Donna Fahri. Holt 1996.
Many of our health problems stem from, and are exacerbated by, poor breathing, This book offers a thorough and excellent look at how we breathe, problems we may have and their remedies. Includes exercises with very good instructions.
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Heal Thy Self - Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine by Saki Santorelli. Bell Tower, 2000.
Saki Santorelli and Jon Kabat-Zinn founded a very successful stress reduction clinic in Massachusetts USA.
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Pain Relief without Drugs - A Self-Help Guide for Chronic Pain and Trauma by Jan Sadler. Healing Arts Press, 2007. Previously published as Natural Pain Relief. Includes a new 55 minute CD
Based on proven methods for reducing and controlling pain, the book overflows with ideas, information and practical, simple techniques to reduce and gain control over pain. The foreword is by world-renowned specialist in the science of pain, Professor Patrick Wall.
The CD demonstrates useful and practical pain-relieving techniques. You can practise along with Jan, and also enjoy truly relaxing and healing relaxation and visualisation sessions.
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Pain - The Science of Suffering by Patrick Wall. Phoenix 2000.
This is an interesting book from a scientific point of view. Before his recent death, Patrick Wall was one of the major researchers in the area of pain for over forty years and a leading authority on the subject.
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Chronic Pain: The Complete Guide to Relief by Arthur C Klein. Constable 2001
An excellent book based on a survey of a thousand people who had devised methods to deal with chronic pain syndrome. It includes lots of good practical advice including some very simple physical exercises.
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Coping Successfully with Pain by Neville Shone. Sheldon Press 2002
A helpful guide written by Neville Shone who has lived with chronic pain for many years
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Backcare, the Charity for Healthier Backs
An excellent magazine, help lines and so on are available for a small membership fee
16 Elmtree Rd
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 8ST
Tel: 020 8977 5474
Fax: 020 8943 5318
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www.backcare.org.uk
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