Publisher's Synopsis
It is said that one in five Americans - or 50 million people - suffer from chronic pain. In response to these staggering statistics, Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who brought mindfulness into mainstream medicine, is offering proven mindfulness meditation practices to work gently and effectively with the most challenging circumstances. This work opens with an overview of seven fundamental attitudes we can develop and deploy to cultivate mindfulness in relationships to chronic pain and its incessant challenges.