Changing our Relationship with Pain

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Led by Vidyamala Burch

This simple practice is designed to help release some of the habits we have around tensing against pain and to rest into a more fluid and open experience. We can often experience pain as if it’s a solid thing and start fighting against it, worrying about it — while understandable, there is a different attitude we can cultivate, one that’s softer and kinder by simply dropping into the body and into the flow of presence moment-by-moment.

Vidyamala (she/her) is a mindfulness and compassion teacher, coach, inspirational speaker, award-winning author, and co-founder of the leading mindfulness and health charity Breathworks. At age 17, Vidyamala sustained spinal injuries that required multiple surgeries and left behind a complex back condition, chronic pain, and partial paraplegia. After experiencing despondency, anger, and hopelessness, she discovered mindfulness as a way to ease the mental torment associated with her physical pain. Vidyamala is now a global leader who uses an evidence-based approach to empower those living with pain or difficulty to reclaim their lives.