Your Pain Care Aware™ dharma starts here! Welcome, you're joining a community of like minds and hearts of service in the mission to change pain through yoga and pain science.  This section is about self-discovery through yoga while learning about pain from the perspective of a person with pain who is learning to live well again. Enjoy several rituals to enhance your study and practice!

This module is about cultivating awareness and promoting self efficacy.  Learn how yoga and pain science contribute to physical, emotional and spiritual well being. Pain is talked about through the lens of yoga texts and philosophy.  Gain insight and perspective from teachers and students who have lived with pain during movement.

This module focuses on developing and cultivating discernment & compassion in your approach to pain care. You will help students seek wellness through yoga and science. Cultivate fearlessness and resilience rooted in compassion.  Learn when to tune in and observe, when to change & regulate, when to pause and how to find more ease and peace in asana / movement. This module includes  downloadable scripts of the practices.

This is the end of your Foundations course, congratulations!  It's time to work with your PCA™ Mentor to confirm your attendance, along with your guests name, to complete the live online Practicum and get your CE hours for the Pain Care Aware™ Certificate - individual applications.

This lesson provides dives into pain physiology. Changing the way you think about pain gives you more options for changing pain.  When people have pain during movement or asana, PCA™ is about more than propping an exercise, giving an alignment cue or suggesting a different exercise. You will explore the questions; “How much pain is okay in asana?” and, “Can I change the pain without changing my posture?” (Really change it, not suppress it or get good at tolerating it) Turning toward discomfort and learning to be ok with some discomfort is a key concept.  There are ways to monitor and regulate physiology during movement that make exploring pain with curiosity a beneficial tool. Yoga is inclusive, accessible, safe, and beneficial for all when approached from a PCA™ perspective.

“Pain is a complex human experience

a whole lot like love.”

This module looks at different pain theories. From Rene Descartes, to Melzack and Wall, and Moseley and Butler you will address misconceptions that don't align with current science or with yoga. Be confident guiding students to turn toward pain using interoception and awareness.  Learn to regulate physiological changes to decrease sensitivity, decrease protective mechanisms and support the body on its path toward health and resilience.

As teachers and practitioners we inadvertently use nocebic language.  Nocebic language inadvertently fosters fear and limits potential.   This can lead to negative expectations and people are less likely to explore. Inviting playfulness and curiosity shifts people out of that place of fear. By the end of this module you'll know what language to avoid, remove, or add. As you deepen your knowledge and skills you become more creative and intentional with your language, and your words will offer genuine hope. This module includes  downloadable scripts of the practices.