- Pain Explained booklet (PDF)
- Pain Explained booklet (easier read version) (PDF)
- A tale of two nails - what changes pain? The science behind why pain is painful.
- Southampton City, your service is Steps to Wellbeing.
- Portsmouth City, your service is Talking Change.
- Hampshire, your service is NHS Talking Therapies Hampshire
- Outside of these areas, use the NHS IAPT Finder to find your local talking therapy service.
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Key Consideration for movement awareness A reminder to look after yourself when performing movements using awareness and breath. |
A short mindfulness exercise to enable you to check in with your bodies sensations, thoughts and feelings. This exercise is particularly useful when time is short. |
10 minute mindfulness exercise An opportunity to practice mindfulness on a regular basis to improve your technique. |
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A body awareness exercise for the whole of the body providing an opportunity to consider whatever comes up, using the breath to explore sensations both wanted and unwanted. |
This exercise helps you to explore the sensations that arise in your body, helping you to let go. |
A visualisation exercise helps you to observe your thoughts with openness, to watch them float by without getting caught up in them. |
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This exercise helps you to accept your feelings and sensations associated with persistent pain. It helps you to observe and make space for your pain experience, and to widen your awareness, connecting with the world around you. |
An exercise to help you to detach from your thoughts and feelings through taking a step back and observing them, rather than ‘experiencing’ or ‘being’ them. |
Guided yoga nidra practice. |
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust YouTube playlist
- Free mindfulness
- Living with Chronic Pain CD by Neil Berry is designed to help you if:
- you have suffered with persistent pain for months or even years;
- you have undergone extensive medical investigations but your pain remains a puzzle;
- your pain is related to a medical condition but it is more severe than the doctors expect;
- your pain significantly interferes with your activities, moods or relationships;
- your pain is poorly controlled.
- Breathworks: Breathworks' mission is to bring mindfulness as a tool for reducing suffering to people worldwide; regardless of their situation
Please see some useful stretch videos and some useful Tai Chi videos below.