5-week online course

Drawing from the latest advances in neuroscience research and millennia-old mindfulness practices, this five-week course offers a step-by-step approach to healing chronic pain. 

November-December Wednesday Evenings, 5:30-8:00 pm

• Class Dates: November 13–December 11
• Instructor: Valeria Galetto

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In this course you will learn:

• What is pain, why we have it, and how it works
• How to distinguish the physical and emotional aspects of pain
• How to identify and monitor the conditions that tend to increase and decrease pain throughout the day
• How to observe thoughts and emotions, in particular those related to fear, as they affect the intensity and duration of pain
• How to be aware of unpleasant experiences in general, not only the experience of pain, as they tend to trigger a sense of aversion in the mind
• How to transform our relationship to pain, that is, how to move from reacting to pain to healing pain with understanding, care, and compassion.

This course consists of:

• Five weekly sessions live, online, via Zoom; each session lasts 2.5 hours
• Suggestions for home-based practices for each week; these practices include guided meditations and ways to cultivate mindfulness in daily life
• A 30-minute interview with the instructor before the first class.