Talk
Managing Pain - with Vidyamala Burch
Burch shares mindfulness-based approaches to living with chronic pain.
About the teacher
Vidyamala Burch
Vidyamala Burch lives with chronic pain following spinal injuries, and founded Breathworks to adapt mindfulness-based approaches specifically for people managing pain and illness, drawing on her own long practice within the Triratna Buddhist community. She was appointed OBE for services to health through mindfulness.
Breathworks continues to run its Community of Practice and training programmes through 2026, and she appeared in conversation with Sharon Salzberg on 23 March 2026 as a Breathworks fundraiser.
“You don't have to get through 'til the morning. You just have to live this moment. You just have to live this moment—and this one, and this one. — Vidyamala Burch, in an interview for the Garrison Institute ("You Are Not Your Pain")”Vidyamala Burch
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Talk
Vidyamala Burch - Calming Your Mind
A mindfulness talk on calming the mind, adapted from Burch's work with chronic pain.
Path
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Mindfulness
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