Outsmart your pain – retraining your brain with mindfulness and self-compassion

While acute pain alerts us to a potential damage to the body, chronic pain functions in very different ways. One of the challenging aspects of chronic pain is that the brain learns pain and becomes “better” at detecting it. Pain levels are often highly susceptible to everything from sleep to food to the quality of our relationships and to stress levels in general. Mindfulness practice helps with shining the light on the different elements of pain and breaking them down into smaller, more manageable elements. This in turn often lowers pain intensity and length of flare ups while mindfulness not only works on the pain but lowers stress levels in general and re-connects us with a more easeful and joyous life. This lecture will be focusing on core mindfulness concepts…