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Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic pain - Part 1 of 5


 






Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic pain - Part 1 of 5


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Published on Oct 3, 2013
This
webinar series will provide an introduction to Mindfulness Based Stress
Reduction (MBSR) practice and it's influence on chronic pain.

Part
1 of the course will provide an overview of the research related to
chronic pain and mindfulness training. The following sessions will
introduce you to simple exercises that you can practice to positively
impact your pain experience. You will also be provided with audio
recordings of mindfulness meditations you can practice in between
sessions.

The full MBSR training is an eight week course
developed at the University of Massachusetts that teaches participants
to become fully aware of the moment to moment events in their lives .
Through the practice of awareness participants learn to identify
thoughts and feelings that arise in response to chronic pain. This
expanded awareness provides greater options for appraisal and response
to the experience of chronic pain.

Recent research on MBSR and
chronic pain has shown changes to the pain transmission pathway in only
an 8-week period of practice for 30 minutes a day.

Linda Turner
has 15 years of experience teaching MBSR, and her background as a nurse
led her to see the profound difference that MBSR training can have for
people with chronic pain.

Each session will take place at 11am PDT, 2pm EDT.
Register for Each Webinar Session


October 8, 2013 Part 2 -- Practicing Awareness: Where does your Mind Go? https://painbc.webex.com/painbc/onsta...


October 15, 2013 Part 3 - Noticing the Pleasant and the Unpleasant https://painbc.webex.com/painbc/onsta...



October 22, 2013 Part 4 - Mindfulness Meditation and Stress https://painbc.webex.com/painbc/onsta...


October 29, 2013 Part 5 - The Importance of Communication https://painbc.webex.com/painbc/onsta...


Practice Audio Downloads

Body Scan Meditation http://www.cirpd.org/SiteCollectionDo...
Sitting/Standing Meditation http://www.cirpd.org/SiteCollectionDo...
Mindful Yoga Part I http://www.cirpd.org/SiteCollectionDo...
MIndful Yoga Part II http://www.cirpd.org/SiteCollectionDo...

To
save the MP3 files below, simply right-click (PC users) or Ctrl-Click
or right-click (Mac users) the links below and chose "Save as Source" or
"Save Link as". This will allow you to download the audio file to be
used on any MP3 player.

Download Session PowerPoints

Part 1 - Mindfulness Meditation and Pain: An Overview http://www.cirpd.org/SiteCollectionDo...

This
series is only meant to be an introduction to MBSR for chronic pain. In
order to learn the practice fully, we encourage interested participants
to take an 8 week, in-person course in their area.




Linda Turner, RN, PhD
Linda
is the Program Manager of Health and Human Services at Langara College
in the Continuing Studies department. She studied with Jon Kabat-Zinn to
learn how to teach Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She
received her MBSR Teacher Certificate from the University of
Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health
Care and Society. She has taught the eight week MBSR program over the
past 10 years to patients in pain and members of the general public.
This course is offered through Langara Continuing Studies at least twice
per year.







 

 

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