Burch, V: Mindfulness for Health

Dr Danny Penman is a qualified meditation teacher and an award-winning writer and journalist. Heis co-author of the international bestseller Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Finding Peace in a Frantic World. He has received journalism awards from the RSPCA and the Humane Society of the United States. His books have been translated into 30 languages. His work has appeared in the Daily Mail, New Scientist, the Independent, the Guardian, and the Daily Telegraph. He trained to teach mindfulness with the acclaimed Breathworks.

Vidyamala Burch is founder and co-Director of , an organisation 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: the mindful way to ease your suffering (Piatkus) which is based on the programme. She has also produced led meditation CDs and booklets available through

A beautiful and compassionate book, Mindfulness for Health will put you back in touch with the extraordinary person you already are Professor Mark Williams, University of Oxford This book provides an extremely effective and elegant mind-body approach to healing ... Highly recommended Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, author of Full Catastrophe Living and Coming to Our Senses In a world of much suffering, this book is a gift of wisdom and practical help Professor Paul Gilbert, PhD, OBE, author of The Compassionate Mind and Mindful Compassion, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK If you have chronic pain or another persistent health problem, if you struggle, feel stuck or feel alone, read and follow this book. It will encourage, guide and liberate you Lance M. McCracken, PhD, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, King's College London An excellent resource for people in the community who live with pain and long-term health conditions, and also for those health-care professionals who support them Peter Moore, co-author of the Pain Toolkit Through simple exercises, well explained and prepared ... they guide the reader through the principles and practice of mindfulness applied to pain, and towards self-understanding, gentle control and connectedness Dr Amanda C de C Williams, Reader in Clinical Health Psychology, University College London Vidyamala and Danny have written an inspiring book ... It is alive with heart-warming stories and practical and engaging ways of managing your distress and finding more joy, peace, wisdom and compassion for yourself and others - from day one of this excellent programme. It is a guidebook for thriving and not just surviving each day Timothea Goddard, MBSR teacher, Psychotherapist - Openground, Australia Mindfulness for Health offers those who struggle with the painful loss of health much support to become more alive and compassionate and not trapped by pain and ill health. This truly resourceful book will help people grow their own sense of