Nurturing Your Well-being: Health & Wellness Tips from Mindful.org - https://www.mindful.org/category/mindfulness-for/health-pain/ Healthy Mind, Healthy Life Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:31:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.mindful.org/content/uploads/cropped-Mindful-logo-blue-550px-1-48x48.png Nurturing Your Well-being: Health & Wellness Tips from Mindful.org - https://www.mindful.org/category/mindfulness-for/health-pain/ 32 32 Looking Honestly at the Challenges of Mindfulness Practices https://www.mindful.org/is-mindfulness-good-medicine/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:42:07 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/is-mindfulness-good-medicine/ While the challenges of mindfulness practices are real, research confirms that mindfulness can also be helpful in preventing relapses into depression and reduce healthcare visits.

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]]> A Meditation for Easing Pain and Inviting Joy https://www.mindful.org/a-meditation-for-easing-pain-and-inviting-joy/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:45:27 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=665451 This week, mindfulness teacher Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely shares a tender meditation for those in the middle of pain.

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]]> What Unexpected Chronic Back Pain Taught Me: 4 Takeaways That Matter https://www.mindful.org/what-unexpected-chronic-back-pain-taught-me-4-takeaways-that-matter/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 20:08:09 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=665303 Mindfulness teacher Vanessa Hutchinson-Szekely shares how sudden-onset back pain turned her life upside-down, and what she discovered on the long journey towards healing.

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]]> A 12-Minute Meditation to Meet the Body In Pain https://www.mindful.org/a-12-minute-meditation-to-meet-the-body-in-pain/ Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:46:16 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=665066 This week, Christiane Wolf offers a guided practice to meet your own body in pain and relieve that sense of isolation by internally connecting with others who understand your experience.

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]]> A Meditation for Finding a Middle Way When We Are In Pain https://www.mindful.org/a-meditation-for-finding-a-middle-way-when-we-are-in-pain/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:03:18 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=662146 In this guided meditation, longtime meditation teacher and pain expert Vidyamala Burch offers a tender practice to help us be with our whole selves with openness and kindness, even when we are experiencing pain.

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]]> Let Your Pain Be a River: Vidyamala Burch on Living and Teaching With Chronic Pain https://www.mindful.org/let-your-pain-be-a-river-vidyamala-burch-on-living-and-teaching-with-chronic-pain/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:07:59 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=649188 A pathbreaking expert in applying mindfulness to pain, Vidyamala Burch has launched a new 11-week program called HEALS, which aims to offer people living with chronic pain and illness a sustainable way to improve their well-being. She sat down recently to talk with Mindful editor Siri Myhrom.

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]]> Values to Live By: A Cardiologist on the Importance of Wisdom https://www.mindful.org/values-to-live-by-a-cardiologist-on-the-importance-of-wisdom/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:12:26 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=637121 Wisdom is something we all wish to possess, but how do we actually cultivate wise qualities (or know what those are)? In this second excerpt from Just One Heart, author and cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Fisher reveals powerful ways we can tune in to the body to develop the wisdom of our emotional heart.

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]]> A Steady Heart: A Cardiologist’s Advice for Lowering Stress https://www.mindful.org/a-steady-heart-a-cardiologists-advice-for-lowering-stress/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=636648 A calm, steady mindset doesn’t just protect against stress, it also supports our heart health, writes cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Fisher. In this first Mindful excerpt from Dr. Fisher’s new book, Just One Heart, we learn some of his recommended strategies for cultivating steadiness.

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]]> Nanalan’ Offers 3 Ways to Take Care of Yourself While Sick https://www.mindful.org/nanalan-offers-3-ways-to-take-care-of-yourself-while-sick/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 07:37:09 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=636619 Everyone’s favorite grandmotherly puppet dispenses wisdom to help you get well soon.

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]]> The Potential (and Pitfalls) of Yoga and Meditation for Mental Health https://www.mindful.org/the-potential-and-pitfalls-of-yoga-and-meditation-for-mental-health/ Thu, 30 May 2024 13:39:34 +0000 https://www.mindful.org/?p=635752 In her new book, All in Her Head: How Gender Bias Harms Women’s Mental Health, science writer Misty Pratt evaluates research and offers advice on trying yoga and meditation to support mental well-being—including why it’s important to adapt these popular practices to what your own mind and body need.

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