MBSR and Pain Science for the treatment of Chronic Pain
Drawing on evidence-based pain science and mindfulness meditation practice to transform your pain
With: Dr Mandy Mercuri
Live-online | Fridays
10 am - 12:30 pm (AEDT)
Starts 14th February 2025
Persistent pain is real, personal and complex.
From Pain to Peace is an active treatment for chronic pain which integrates the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, with the most up-to-date neuroscience about pain and how to transform it (from the Explain Pain program by David Butler and Lorimer Mosely). In-depth mindfulness and modern neuroscience explored together offers a transformational avenue for those of us living with pain. We now know the more we can explore and understand our pain, the less it hurts. It offers a new way of processing the experience of "pain" which is transformative.
"While I didn't expect the course would relieve my sometimes debilitating arthritic and nerve pain, I was proven very wrong, in the best possible way. I feel so much better compared with how I felt at the beginning. I learned a new way of thinking about pain, how to self-soothe and listen to my body. The various meditation and movement practices have given me tools to use in daily life. I recommend this course to any sufferers of long term chronic pain who are wiling to go on a new adventure."
Sept 2024
"I think the new understandings I have about my body, heart and mind will change my life. It is the best course I have ever done!"
AS, Dec 2024
Check out more testimonials from the From Pain to Peace courses here.
You will:
- Learn about the neuroscience behind chronic pain.
- Let go of the “diagnosis” and engage with a mind-body explanation.
- Break the pain-fear cycle.
- Practice desensitisation techniques by paying attention to pain gradually through a lens of safety and increasingly notice positive experiences
- Explore how your thoughts, emotions and behaviours can all contribute to an overall sense of danger.
- Experience self care through the practice of mindfulness and compassion
- Develop a toolkit for your long-term mental and physical health as well as relapse prevention.
The dedicated mindfulness practice will also support you more generally with your physical health (improving energy, sleep, immune system, chronic pain, habits of self-care, stress reactivity), mental health (reducing anxiety, depression and PTST symptoms and increasing emotional balance) as well as your relationships (increased empathy, self-awareness and communication skills).
What’s involved?
- 8 x 2.5 hour sessions plus a half-day retreat
- Good conversations about things that matter
- Strong support and up-to-date information from your teacher
- 138 page course book (including additional pain science
information and resources) - Access to the new Openground meditation audio app
- A fresh exploration of your life through your commitment to daily home practice
This course was developed by Dr Adele Stewart and Timothea Goddard.
Pricing and Discounted places - please reflect carefully....
- Standard Rate $695
- And we are delighted to offer discounted places for those who need financial support to come along.
If you have access to some financial security: that is, have a job, have some assets (savings, shares, property) and/or superannuation income we ask you to pay your way (with a payment plan if needed).
After corrective surgeries for severe scoliosis in her teens, Mandy has lived with chronic back pain for over 30 years. Attending a 3-week intensive pain management course in 2009 enabled her to change her relationship to pain. She is a qualified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction facilitator and has been practicing mindfulness for over 10 years as a critical part of managing her physical and emotional wellbeing. She has extensive experience teaching in higher education and community settings.