Mindfulness for Healing Chronic Pain Wednesday Evenings, 11/13-12/11

Multi-week Course | Registration closed 11/10/2024

Everyone
11/13/2024-12/11/2024
5:30 PM-8:00 PM PST on Wed
$295.00

Mindfulness for Healing Chronic Pain Wednesday Evenings, 11/13-12/11

Multi-week Course | Registration closed 11/10/2024

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

November to December Wednesday Evenings, 5:30-8:00 pm PST.
Class Dates: November 13-December 11

Instructor: Dr. Valeria Galetto

  • A Public-Classes scholarship may be available if you meet the financial eligibility requirements for the Community Care Fund (CCF). For more information and to apply for CCF, please see https://osher.ucsf.edu/CCF

  • Zoom Meeting Information

    The program coordinator will reach out two weeks prior to the Orientation date via email and provide the Zoom information for the Classes.

Valeria Galetto