This page is a list of the online resources recommended through the Relaxing to CHANGEpain program that I teach at CHANGEpain. Please email me if any of the links are problematic.
Also, you won’t be able to find this specific page through my website navigation, so if you are exploring elsewhere on the site you will have to retype this URL (www.sarahjamieson.ca/relaxing) into your address bar to come back to this page.
Session 1
Guided Breathing Practice, Oval Breath (5:10)
Pain Science Catch Up
Understanding Pain in Less than 5 Minutes
Why Things Hurt by Lorimer Moseley
The Pain Revolution with Lorimer Moseley
Additional Recommended Resources
Breathing for Pain Relief, Part 1 and Breathing for Pain Relief, Part 2 (Sarah’s Blog)
What difference does a day make? (Sarah’s Blog)
Train Yourself to Do Yoga Everyday – Advice from a Recovering Binge Yogi (Sarah’s Blog)
Committing to Freedom (Sarah’s Blog)
Session 2
Guided Mindfulness Meditation Practice (6:37)
Additional Recommended Resources
What to be happier? Stay in the moment (10-minute online video)
The Scientific Power of Meditation (3-minute online video)
Meditation/Guided Relaxation Apps
Insight Timer
Mind Shift
HeadSpace
Calm
Session 3
Guided Body Awareness Exercise (4:03)
Recovery Strategies: Your Pain Guidebook, by Greg Lehman
Session 4
Guided Body Scan (9:34)
Practices from DoYogaWithMe.com
Reclining Flow for Rest
Hatha Yoga on the Ground
Additional Recommended Resources
5 Things I’ve Learned from Restorative Yoga (Sarah’s Blog)
Restorative Yoga for Chronic Pain
23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? (9-minute online video)
Session 5
Guided Mantra Meditation (5:09)
Thought Records
Exercise Template
Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life (Sarah’s Blog)
Additional Recommended Resources
Gratitude is NOT an Attitude (Sarah’s Blog)
Session 6
Guided Mindfulness Meditation, inspired by Pema Chödrön (5:21)
Online Videos
Emotions and the Brain (2-minute video)
Session 7
Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation (11 minutes)
Guided Yoga Nidra Practice (22 minutes)
Sleep
Cognitive Therapy for Insomnia (1-hr presentation)
Session 8
Feedback
Did you love aspects of this program? Did it help facilitate positive change in your life? Do you have thoughts on how it could be improved? We value and appreciate your feedback and hope you will take a moment to share some with us. Feedback can be emailed to Sarah (yoga@sarahjamieson.ca) and/or CHANGEpain (reception@changepain.ca).