Changing our Relationship with Pain

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.