BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//New York Insight Meditation Center - ECPv6.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:New York Insight Meditation Center X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.nyimc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for New York Insight Meditation Center REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201004T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201004T120000 DTSTAMP:20240329T114313 CREATED:20200823T234057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200825T204624Z UID:52725-1601805600-1601812800@www.nyimc.org SUMMARY:Online: Learning a New Embodied Relationship to Pain DESCRIPTION:Online: Learning a New Embodied Relationship to Pain\n \nwith Joan Griffiths Vega\, MFA and COFA\, MBSR Facilitator\n \nSunday\, October 4th\, 2020 | 10:00am – 12:00pm ET\n \n\n \n“All pain is real\, no matter what is causing it. But also\, all pain is made by the brain in response to the information available to it.” -Lorimer Moseley\, clinical scientist and pain researcher at the University of South Australia \nPain\, acute or chronic\, requires a multifaceted\, multi-dimensional approach to manage its overwhelming domination. Ironically\, reducing pain is counterintuitive. Once pain is present\, a choice opens up to us—to live a life of suffering\, or to experientially know that pain is truly only a small portion of our infinite selves. In our time together we will explore ways to turn towards the pain with kindness and curiosity rather than react in fear or anger and try to push away the pain. When acceptance is present\, the war stops. Choices arise. \nMindfulness is a well spring for living a more spacious\, more joyful life. It supports a kind\, curious awareness towards pain from which to decide what is needed and when. \nIn this two-hour class we will experience: \n-Mindfulness as a way of establishing a warm\, more relaxed relationship with the pain in the body.\n-Meditations practices to soften pain and open the body to greater ease to maintain optimal energy.\n-The current neuroscience of pain\, and how our relationship to it can define it.\n-How to recognize anxious thoughts and emotions that can unwittingly contribute to feeling more pain.\n-How simple caring physical gestures\, brief breathing exercises\, and acupressure points can calm the nervous system to encourage pain reduction and increase body’s state of relaxation that can be done anywhere\, anytime.\n-A way to develop a daily schedule that supports your well-being and minimizes your pain. \nRegistration:\nPlease register at the highest level that your generosity offers.\nExplanations of levels follow below.\nIf you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet\, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off. Please contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance. \n \nRegistration Fees include Teacher Support\nNew York Insight Meditation Center has streamlined the registration fee levels. Members of our Circle of Friends are eligible to receive 20% off of the Sustaining Rate via a code provided in the email confirming membership\, which you can enter after clicking the Sustaining Level registration. \n*Benefactor Level: Supports NYI’s ability to offer the Subsidized Base. \n**Sustaining Level: This level reflects the actual costs to support this program. Circle of Friends members eligible for 20% discount with code. Click here to join. \n***Subsidized Base: Made possible by the generosity of Benefactor Level above and other donations to ensure participation by those requiring financial assistance.\n \nIf you have questions about your registration (cancellation policy\, membership discount\, email confirmation\, etc.)\, please read our FAQs. If your question is not addressed in the FAQs\, please email registration@nyimc.org. \nIf you are unable to pay the Subsidized Base Fee\, you can learn about volunteering to offer work exchange and letting us know how much you are able to pay for this program by emailing registration@nyimc.org. \n  \nAbout Amit Primor View all posts by Amit Primor URL:https://www.nyimc.org/event/learning-a-new-embodied-relationship-to-pain/ LOCATION:Online through Zoom\, NY CATEGORIES:Daylong Programs,For Beginners,Open to All ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.nyimc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/jeremy-yap-199223-unsplash-e1577461667170.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR