Mindfulness for health : a practical guide to relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing / Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman ; foreword by Mark Williams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Every moment is a new chance -- What you resist persists -- Introducing the mindfulness programme -- Week one: wild horses -- Week two: you are not your thoughts -- Week three: learning to respond, rather than react -- Week four: watching your suffering and stress dissolve -- Week five: the pleasure of small things -- Week six: the tender gravity of kindness -- Week seven: you are not alone -- Week eight: life lives through you.

'Mindfulness for Health' reveals a series of simple practices that you can incorporate into your daily life to significantly reduce pain, suffering and exhaustion. Clinical trials show that mindfulness is at least as effective as the most commonly prescribed painkillers such as Tramadol and codeine. A recent study demonstrated that it is more effective than morphine. This book shares the secrets of the mindfulness-based approaches to pain and illness therapy.