The National Pain Strategy (2016) describes chronic pain impacting the health status of a third of our population! Participation in this course will prepare rehabilitation professionals to meet the needs of the rising tide of Boomers surging into our health care system suffering with chronic pain and multiple NCD’s (non-communicable diseases). Hippocrates sagely advised “it is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than what sort of disease a person has.” While health professionals are well educated in explaining the neuroscience of pain and mitigating deconditioning in this patient population, it appears we are ill-equipped to directly address how we (patients & practitioners) embody suffering. In this course, the rehabilitation professional will apply Hippocrates’ advice to enhance our biopsychosocial-spiritual patient interviews, and integrate simple evidence-informed tools from yoga and other contemplative practices to improve our therapeutic presence and help patients identify and relieve suffering. This metacognitive course will rejuvenate the practitioner and inspire truly patient-centered care for patients experiencing chronic pain. This learning experience will include pre-readings, lecture, group discussion, case-based application of treatment strategies, training in teaching relaxation techniques, orientation to basic mindfulness practices, personal journals and self-care practices.