Mindfulness Practices In Response To Chronic Pain
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Channel: Life The Basic Manual · 2016 · Education
This playlist features potentially life-saving information and wisdom presented by Dan Mager, MSW, a person in long-term recovery from addiction and chronic pain, who has been a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and clinical director in a wide range of behavioural health and substance abuse treatment settings. In Part 5, Dan discusses the great benefits of using mindfulness practices in response to chronic pain. Mindfulness is both an overall approach and a set of practices that involve of bringing conscious awareness, to our present-moment experience (internal and external)—whether pleasurable, painful, or neutral—with acceptance and without judgment. It is fundamentally about paying attention with intention. Mindfulness is utilised in various forms by many of the world’s great contemplative spiritual traditions. Dan describes how, in the very moment he is recording this clip, mindfulness allows him to consciously acknowledge the reality of his lower back pain and be present with and accepting of it, while “holding” it and putting space around it, which effectively reduces the intensity of his pain. In earlier clips, Dan vividly outlined how distressing thoughts, uncomfortable feelings, and physical pain can continuously reinforce and reactivate each other. Mindfulness is one of the most potent strategies to help create the ability to step outside of and counteract this cumulative and unpleasant spiral. Keep watching this playlist for further insights, and if you want a more detailed discussion of these issues, Dan’s book, Some Assembly Required: A Balanced Approach to Recovery From Addiction and Chronic Pain, is available for purchase via the links below: Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Some-Assembly-Required-Balanced-Addiction/dp/1937612252/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478464321&sr=1-3&keywords=some+assembly+required Central Recovery Press https://shop.centralrecoverypress.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3319 SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAjyGSt8ZTQlpMyW0VuABig?sub_confirmation=1 FIND LIFE THE BASIC MANUAL HERE http://lifethebasicmanual.com http://www.facebook.com/lifethebasicmanual http://instagram.com/lifethebasicmanual http://twitter.com/BasicManual www.lifethebasicmanual.com
