Chronic Pain Programme
a 5-week online programme for people living with chronic pain
Understanding your pain. Finding ways to work with it. Making changes that last.
Living with chronic pain affects much more than the part of the body that hurts.
Pain can influence how we move, sleep, work, feel and participate in everyday life. Over time, it can also change our relationship with our own body.
THIS FIVE-WEEK PROGRAMME OFFERS A THERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING WITH CHRONIC PAIN THROUGH MUSIC THERAPY, VOICE THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC MOVEMENT.
• No musical, vocal or movement experience is needed •
The aim is to develop a greater awareness of your individual pain situation, understand the connections that influence it, and find practical ways to manage and potentially relieve pain.
Through individual work, shared group experiences and exercises integrated into daily life, the programme supports you in making changes that can continue beyond the five weeks.
Designed to fit into your life
Making changes while living with chronic pain takes time, attention and often considerable effort. But not everyone has the possibility to step away from work, family or everyday responsibilities to attend an intensive rehabilitation programme.
The Chronic Pain Programme is designed to make therapeutic work accessible within your existing life. With two online sessions per week, it offers continuous individual and group support while leaving room for your everyday commitments.
Rather than separating the therapeutic process from daily life, we work with both together. You can explore and apply what you learn in your own environment, reflect on your experiences and gradually develop changes that are realistic and sustainable for you.
How we work
Chronic pain is different for everyone. Its causes, patterns and effects vary, as do the things that help. Rather than following the same exercises for every participant, we begin by looking closely at your individual situation.
Through Music Therapy, Voice Therapy and Therapeutic Movement, we explore how your body responds to movement, sound, voice and how they become tools for you.
These methods offer opportunities to work with physical tension, body awareness, emotional processes and the ways pain influences everyday activities.
The programme combines therapeutic experiences with reflection, practical exercises and the development of individual strategies.
The intention is not only to understand your pain better, but to use that understanding to make meaningful changes in how you live.
No musical, vocal or movement experience is required.
Individual work & group sessions
A central part of the programme is the combination of personal 1:1 sessions and shared group sessions.
Individual sessions
Your first individual session takes place before the group programme begins. During this initial session, we take time to understand your personal pain history, current situation, difficulties and needs.This forms the basis for the process together.
Throughout the programme, you receive one individual session each week. These sessions allow us to work specifically with your own experiences, explore what may be contributing to your difficulties and develop exercises and approaches suited to you.
We can also look at how the work is affecting your everyday life and adapt it as your understanding and needs develop.
Group sessions
Living with chronic pain can be isolating. Other people may not understand what it means to live with persistent pain, particularly when its effects are not visible.
The weekly group sessions bring together people who share this experience, even though their individual pain situations may be very different. Alongside therapeutic exercises with music, voice and movement, there is time to exchange experiences, share difficulties or what has been helpful and learn from one another.
The group offers an opportunity for mutual understanding and support, while each participant continues to work with their own situation.
The five weeks
Each week follows a different theme. Together, they form a process that moves from awareness and understanding towards practical work, integration and longer-term change.
Week 1 — Awareness
Getting to know your pain
We begin by exploring your relationship with your body and your individual experience of pain. Through guided awareness exercises, music, voice and gentle movement, we observe physical sensations, reactions and patterns.
What do you notice? When does your pain change? How does your body respond to different activities, situations or emotional states?
The first step is to become more familiar with what is happening.
Week 2 — Understanding
Exploring the connections
Pain does not exist separately from the rest of our lives.
This week, we explore possible connections between physical sensations, movement, emotions, stress, habits and everyday experiences.
We look at how these factors may influence your individual pain situation and how greater understanding can help you recognise patterns and respond differently.
Week 3 — Working with it
Finding what helps
With a better understanding of your personal situation, we begin working more specifically with therapeutic exercises and methods.
Music Therapy, Voice Therapy and Therapeutic Movement offer different possibilities for working with physical tension, emotional processes, and body awareness.
The focus is on discovering which approaches are helpful for you, how to use them and how they may support pain management and relief.
Week 4 — Integration
Bringing the work into everyday life
What happens during a session is important. What happens afterwards matters just as much.
This week, we focus on bringing the exercises, experiences and insights into your daily routine. We explore practical changes in habits, movement and everyday activities, while paying attention to what is realistic and helpful in your personal circumstances.
There is also time to exchange experiences about what has worked, what has been difficult and what may need to change.
Week 5 — Change
Continuing beyond the programme
In the final week, we look at what has changed during the programme and what you want to continue developing or which further actions might be helpful for you to look into.
Together, we identify the exercises, methods and everyday adjustments that have been most helpful for you. Through your individual work, you develop a personal plan that brings these elements together and gives you something concrete to continue working with after the programme.
The intention is to leave with greater understanding, practical tools and a clearer sense of how to support yourself in the longer term.
Beyond the sessions
The programme is designed as an active process.
Between sessions, you will have opportunities to practise exercises, observe your experiences and try out changes in your everyday life. The aim is not simply to learn exercises, but to discover how they can become useful parts of your life.
These are adapted to your individual situation and physical possibilities.
You do not need previous experience with music, singing or movement practices.
What matters is your willingness to explore your situation and participate in the process at a pace that works for you.
By the end of the programme, you will have developed a personal plan with methods, exercises and approaches that you can continue using independently.
Programme structure
Duration: 5 weeks
Format: Online
Group size: Maximum 8 participants
Included:
• 5 individual sessions of 60 minutes - held weekly - , including an initial consultation before the first group session
• 5 group sessions of 90 minutes, held weekly
• Individually adapted exercises and activities between sessions
• A personal plan for continuing the work after the programme
Individual session times are arranged together each week.
Who is this programme for?
The Chronic Pain Programme is intended for people living with chronic or persistent pain who would like to understand their individual situation better and actively explore therapeutic ways of working with it.
It may be particularly relevant if pain has begun to affect your movement, emotional well-being, daily activities or the relationship with your body and yourself or others.
The programme is designed for people who want to work towards change while continuing with their everyday responsibilities.
You do not need to have a particular diagnosis or previous therapeutic experience.
No previous experience with music, singing or movement practices is required.
The programme is intended to complement, rather than replace, appropriate medical care. Participation and suitability can be discussed individually before the programme begins.
UPCOMING DATES
Chronic Pain Programme
• 02.11.2026 - 06.12.2026
• 22.02.2027 - 28.03.2027
• more to announce - you can already contact SAMYADA to put yourself on the waiting list or to stay updated
PRICES
SOLIDARITY PRICING
I believe that access to therapeutic support should not depend solely on someone's financial circumstances.
The Chronic Pain Programme therefore offers three participation rates:
Supported Rate — €450,-
For people who cannot afford the Standard Rate. Available following a personal conversation.
Standard Rate — €650,-
The regular price for the complete five-week programme.
Supporter Rate — €850,-
For people who are able and would like to contribute more, helping others access the programme at a reduced rate.
The additional €200 paid through the Supporter Rate are reserved exclusively for Supported Rate places. They will not be used for any other purpose and will contribute towards reduced-price participation in either the current or one of the next Chronic Pain Programmes.
All participants receive the same programme, regardless of the rate they pay.
Taking part
If you would like to know more about the programme or discuss whether it is suitable for your situation, you are welcome to contact me.
To register for the Chronic Pain Programme simply fill out the form below. After that, you will get an email with all the necessary booking information and SAMYADA will contact you.
REGISTER FOR THE CHRONIC PAIN PROGRAMME