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In this half day workshop, we’ll explore the arising and experience of pain from a scientific lens and where that intersects with meditation, mindfulness, and Buddhist teachings. The workshop will be co-led by pain psychologist and researcher Carrie Brintz and Nashville POC Sangha co-founder Jennifer Wang. The day will include guided meditations, talks, and group discussion. Tea and light snacks will be provided. Open to all, no meditation experience needed!
This program benefits the Native American Indian Association of TN (NAIA). The price of the program is $30-$120 sliding scale, with 50% of all proceeds going to NAIA. No one will be turned away for lack of funds (email WildHeartNashville@gmail.com for more info on the sliding scale). Current members of NAIA are invited to attend at no cost. To learn more about NAIA or to become a supporting member, click here.
About NAIA
NAIA is the only statewide non-profit organization with an all-Indian Executive Board of Directors elected by the membership. NAIA represents the concerns of the more than 30,000 Native American Indian residents of Tennessee. NAIA is a service organization based on the principles of self-determination and self-reliance.
NAIA strives to represent all Native American Indians regardless of sex or tribe. Because there are no reservations in Tennessee, there has been no state or federal recognition of the Indian population and no services directed to them.
Jennifer Wang
Jennifer grew up in Los Angeles (Tongva land) alongside her twin sister, younger sister, mother and father, who moved to the US as teenagers from Taiwan and Hong Kong, respectively.
Jennifer has been a regular practitioner of mindfulness and meditation for over 15 years in the Theravada Insight, Shambhala, and Plum Village traditions. She has sat multiple residential and silent retreats at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Insight Meditation Society, Deer Park Monastery, Magnolia Grove Monastery, Southern Dharma, and other beautiful retreat centers close to nature. She has also completed multiple instructor certification courses, including in the Shambhala and Insight traditions and at Vanderbilt University.
Jennifer is the co-founder of the Nashville POC Sangha, a facilitator at One Dharma and Wild Heart meditation centers, serves on the board of API Middle TN and is a member of the Native American Indian Association of TN and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.
Carrie Brintz
Carrie began practicing mindfulness meditation in the Theravada Insight tradition over 10 years ago and has attended several silent meditation retreats. While completing her doctoral psychology internship, she worked at a pain management clinic where she helped people struggling with chronic pain conditions. There, she recognized the immense benefit that mindfulness meditation practice could have for easing the suffering of those living with ongoing pain.
Currently, Carrie works as a licensed psychologist and researcher in the Division of Pain Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She has received training in mindfulness instruction through the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Vanderbilt, as well as training to provide Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy through the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto, Canada. She conducts research to study the potential benefits of mindfulness programs to improve the quality-of-life of those with chronic pain and post-surgical pain.
Carrie lives in Nashville with her husband and 2-year old son. She enjoys spending quality time with her family, being outdoors, and eating delicious vegetarian food