Online Courses
Waking Up
In this 27-session online course, Pain Without Suffering, Vidyamala adapts her proven pain-management system—and draws on her lifelong experience with disability—to offer a practical, mindfulness-based approach to thriving in the face of injury and illness.
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Pain can feel overwhelming and isolating, but Vidyamala offers another way. When we learn to meet even acute sensation with curiosity, acceptance, and connection, we begin to see it for what it is: a changing, shifting appearance in awareness—and a doorway to presence and compassion.
"I just wanted to say thank you SO much!
I first found you on Insight Timer after looking for meditation resources during a difficult time in my life. After trying many different meditations, I have found your voice and approach helps me the most.
I take a break and meditate every day. Your "breath based body scan" is SO very helpful. I just wished you could do one for longer. :) Even though I've been using it for years, it still amazes me what I can feel move when I focus and breath!
Thank you, again!"
Insight Timer
Vidyamala has three audio courses available on the Insight Timer app:
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Methods for Living with Pain and Illness
(10 sessions of 15 minutes each)
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10 Rules For Survival: Mindfulness & Compassion In Challenging Times
(10 sessions of 15 minutes each)
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Mindfulness for Managing Long Covid
(7 sessions of 15 minutes each)
HEALS
HEALS is a transformative approach to whole-life health, designed to empower you to take control of your wellbeing and creating sustainable lifestyle changes to improve physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing.
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This 11-week online course, developed by Vidyamala and delivered through Breathworks, combines lifestyle medicine, awareness training and habit methodology.
"The Buddhist teachings shared in the course were not new to me. I’ve also already done a lot to help manage my chronic pain. And yet the course was transformative. Vidyamala’s skillful application of these teachings to the experience of pain and illness was what I had been missing."
"Excellent course guided by an excellent teacher."
"I found this course extremely helpful and well presented, full of practical ideas that can be incorporated into daily life, as well as useful concepts, reflections and meditations. Vidyamala Burch is an inspiring teacher, full of good heart and authenticity, a wonderful role model."
Tricycle
Vidyamala teamed up with Tricycle Buddhist Magazine to create a six-module video course called Freeing the Mind When the Body Hurts.
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The course uses Vidyamala's six-step BE AWARE method and draws on core teachings of the Buddha about how to manage physical pain and illness.
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It's a complete path of training and whole life transformation.
Sangha Live: Freedom from Struggle
Practices for Living Peacefully with Pain or Illness
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In 2023, Vidyamala recorded a four-module course for Sangha Live - an online Buddhist hub. This on-demand course covers key Buddhist teachings on working with pain and illness along with Vidyamala’s unique insights.
Nature of Mind
Vidyamala led a 5 session video masterclass on meditation for the Nature of Mind project.
These explore how to open to the unfolding mystery of life.
(5 sessions of 90 mins each)