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When pain becomes chronic or keeps returning, it can start to feel fixed, confusing, and discouraging. Unlearning pain offers one-to-one support for understanding persistent pain through pain science, nervous-system education, guided attention, and gentle movement.
Together we explore how fear, stress, protective habits, and learned pain patterns may be amplifying symptoms, while staying attentive to the possibility of structural issues that require medical care. This work does not replace diagnosis or emergency treatment, but it can complement ongoing medical, physiotherapy, or psychotherapy support.
The aim is not to push through pain, but to reduce fear, make the experience more understandable, and gradually rebuild trust in your body.
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We begin with your history, current symptoms, what has or has not helped, and what feels most important now.
We clarify how persistent pain can be shaped by the nervous system, fear, stress, and learned protection patterns.
You may be guided through attention practices, simple provocative testing, or small movement experiments adapted to your comfort.
When relevant, we use gentle Feldenkrais-based movement to reduce guarding, restore options, and support a sense of safety.
We end by identifying what to notice, practice, or continue exploring between sessions. Progress is individual and not always linear.
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Unlearning pain offers one-to-one support for people living with persistent or recurring pain who want to better understand what is happening and find a gentler path forward.
The work combines pain education, guided attention, emotional awareness, and gentle movement so that pain feels less mysterious, less frightening, and more workable.
These sessions are for people dealing with ongoing pain, recurring symptoms, or symptom patterns that seem disproportionate, changeable, or resistant to treatment.
They can be especially relevant if you suspect stress, fear, overwhelm, or learned protection responses are part of the picture, and you want an approach that goes beyond symptom management alone.
This work can support people with patterns such as chronic back, neck, jaw, pelvic, limb, or abdominal pain, repetitive strain, tension headaches, dizziness, fibromyalgia, IBS, fatigue-related symptoms, and other persistent pain presentations.
Not every symptom is neuroplastic, and part of the work is clarifying what fits this approach and what should be referred back to medical care.
A first session usually includes a conversation about your history and symptoms, an introduction to the pain framework we are using, and one or two practical experiments.
Depending on your situation, this may include guided attention, emotional inquiry, and gentle movement. You remain clothed, and the pace is adapted to your comfort.
Benefits
Receive support tailored to your symptom history, fears, and practical questions.
Explore gentler options that can reduce strain and improve how you move through discomfort.
Make sense of neuroplastic pain, protective responses, and the role of fear and stress.
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The centre includes two changing rooms, a small coffee and tea area, a kitchen for breaks, and a library with many books on movement, learning, and somatic practices. Mats and basic equipment are available on site.
Forest Lighthouse is located in Forest, Brussels, and is easy to reach by public transport, including tram 82 and bus 50. For detailed directions, please see the Visit page.
The main hall, Canopy Hall, currently requires taking stairs. The ground-floor studio is accessible for wheelchair users. If you need specific access support, please contact us in advance.
Comfortable clothing is recommended. You are welcome to bring water and a notebook if you would like to take notes.
Depending on the activity, the work may happen on the floor, seated, standing, or in motion. The exact format is described on each event page.
We aim to begin activities on time, so we recommend arriving a few minutes early.
Yes, absolutely. Many participants come on their own. You are also welcome to bring a friend.
You can park your bike at the entrance of the building.
Forest Lighthouse is a centre for somatic and neurosomatic education in Brussels. We explore embodied learning through movement, perception, cognition, and emotional awareness. Our aim is to create the right conditions for learning so each person can discover and develop their abilities through direct experience.
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Yes. This approach can complement medical follow-up, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, or other forms of care.
It does not replace diagnosis, imaging when necessary, or emergency care. If your symptoms suggest a structural or urgent medical issue, that should be assessed appropriately.
You do not need to arrive feeling confident. Fear of movement, flare-ups, and uncertainty are common starting points for this work.
If the approach is a fit, we start small and work within what feels safe enough. If it does not seem like the right entry point, we can name that clearly and orient you toward something more suitable.
Work at a rhythm that respects your history, comfort, and current capacity.
We organise workshops, regular classes, private sessions, and professional training programmes. These activities explore different approaches to embodied learning and movement, often with internationally recognised teachers and practitioners.
Most activities are open to beginners unless stated otherwise. Somatic education is not about performance or flexibility. It is about learning through attention and exploration, at your own pace. If you have an injury or a particular condition, please let us know in advance.
Registration and payment usually happen online. If needed, we can also help you directly at the studio.
Cancellation terms vary depending on the activity. Please check the event page for the details that apply.
You can ask to join the waiting list. We will contact you if a place becomes available.
If you are unemployed or in financial difficulty, you can contact us to request a reduced rate. Supporting documentation may be requested.
Yes. If you need an invoice for professional or administrative purposes, please let us know.
