We all experience physical pain at times in our lives. We get sick, we get injured—it happens. But what role does our mind play during these moments? Do we find ourselves resisting, blaming, becoming fearful or depressed? Mindfulness offers an alternative way. We will see what it’s like when we pay greater attention to arising physical sensations, and the mental reactions which accompany them. We will engage in exercises to recognize, address, and gently transform how the mind participates in the process of pain and healing.
Prerequisites: Either you have attended an “Introduction to Mindfulness” workshop at Harvard; you have completed “The Basics” course on the Ten Percent Happier app (available for free to all benefits-eligible faculty and staff); or you have a well-established personal mindfulness practice.
Register for Mindfulness of Physical Sensations, Working with Physical Pain.