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Further reading/Audio recommendations

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If you are interested in reading more about relaxation and stress reduction, we recommend the following as a good place to start:

  • The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, Sixth Edition. By Martha Davis, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman and Matthew McKay. Published by New Harbinger Publications Inc.

If you are interested in reading more about mindfulness and its benefits for managing illness and improving quality of life, we recommend the following as a good place to start:

  • Full Catastrophe Living:  How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation. By Jon Kabat-Zinn and published by Piatkus
  • Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world. By Danny Penman and Mark Williams.

Other publications that may be of interest and that offer pointers on how to live mindfully in our day to day lives are:

  • Wherever you go there you are - by Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • Coming to our senses - by Jon Kabat-Zinn
  • The How to Series: Walk, Love, Sit, Eat - by Thich Nhat Han
  • Reconciliation - by Thich Nhat Han
  • The Wise Heart - by Jack Kornfield
  • After the Ecstasy, the Laundry - by Jack Kornfield
  • Start where you are - by Pema Chodron
  • When things fall apart - by Pema Chodron

You may choose to listen to audio information on Mindfulness or indeed watch Youtube clips; below are some resources:

  • 10% Happier by Daniel Harris ( Book and Podcast)
  • Hurry Slowly (Podcast)
  • Tara Brach (YouTube)
  • Kristin Neff (TED talk and YouTube)
  • John Peacock (YouTube)
  • Akincano (Marc Weber)
  • Dharma Seed Talks

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