Understanding Recurrent Pain:
Brain, Body, Environment, and Practical Skills
An Online Workshop presented by Imogen Ragone and Shay Seaborne, CPTSD
Your pain is real. Understanding it is the first step in recovery.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM US Eastern Time
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Delivered Live on Zoom
Choose the price that best suit your circumstances when you register.
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Why does pain sometimes keep returning, even when nothing new has happened?
Why can the same condition feel completely different from one day to the next?
And why do stress, relationships, environment, expectations, past experiences, and the way we relate to our bodies affect pain?
Pain is more complicated than “something is wrong with the body.”
In this 90-minute workshop, Imogen and Shay will look at recurrent pain through an Interpersonal Neurobiology-informed perspective. They will bring together what is known about the brain, nervous system, body, relationships, environment, stress, and neuroplasticity, and look at what this means for people who live with pain that keeps coming back.
There will be information, discussion, and experiential practices. Nothing is required. You can participate in whatever way works for you.
This is not a workshop about positive thinking or pretending pain isn’t real.
It’s an opportunity to look at pain differently and consider what else may be influencing your experience.
Everyone who registers will:
- Learn practices to help when you’re in pain.
- Receive workshop slides, as well as other notes and resources.
- Get access to a recording of the whole workshop.
- Get a Bonus Guided Constructive Rest session (and replay) with Imogen to help with chronic/recurrent pain. This session is taking place Friday, September 18 from 2:30 to 3:00 PM US Eastern Time on Zoom, and all workshop participants will automatically be registered at no extra cost.
Workshop Details:
This introductory workshop is 90 minutes long and will take place online using Zoom. A recording will be provided to all who register.
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM US Eastern Time (Click here to find your time zone)
Workshop Cost:
We have a 3-tier cost structure. Please choose the one that best suits your circumstances:
- Abundance: $75
I am happy to pay more right now to help support those who cannot. - Basic: $45
I am able to pay the basic workshop fee. - Reduced Rate: $15
I am economically challenged at the moment.
If you can afford more, your contributions are greatly appreciated, and help support others who cannot.
If you need a full scholarship to be able to attend, please contact Imogen.
REGISTER NOWBonus Session
Included with your workshop registration is free access to Imogen’s half-hour Guided Constructive Rest session to help with chronic / recurring pain, which will use ideas presented in this workshop.
Date: Friday, September 18, 2026
Time: 2:30-3:00 PM US Eastern Time
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Recording Provided
Cost: FREE for workshop participants*
*You will be automatically signed up for this session when you register for the workshop. You do not need to sign up separately.
Note: You can benefit from this Constructive Rest session in whatever position is comfortable for you – sitting or lying down. For more information about Imogen’s Guided Constructive Rest sessions, click here.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
These classes are educational, not therapy. Imogen teaches BodyIntelligence, based on the Alexander Technique, and Shay teaches Relational Neuroscience. Neither is a therapist, and these classes are not a substitute for mental health or medical treatment.
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Meet the Presenters!
Imogen and Shay
Imogen and Shay have been working together for nine years, starting when Shay first came to Imogen as a client. Over time, as Shay studied neurobiology and neuroscience to help them understand and resolve PTSD, they increasingly understood that BodyIntelligence provides a very neuropositive approach and practice – so helpful it is one of their core resources in helping them rebuild and regulate their own nervous system.
Shay and Imogen have been collaborating for over five years to offer courses, workshops and programs for people dealing with trauma or stress. In this collaboration Shay’s experience as a trauma survivor and their understanding of the neuroscience relating to trauma is paired with practical tools and concepts from the Alexander Technique and Imogen’s BodyIntelligence work.
Imogen Ragone, M.AmSAT (She/Her) has been a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique since 2006, and a student of the work for well over 25 years. She initially came to Alexander Technique to help her with chronic neck and shoulder pain and tension. It did – and gave her MUCH more than she ever imagined. Imogen has now developed her own unique approach, BodyIntelligence, that offers a path to embodied mindfulness that is gentle and non-coercive. This means it is more accessible and effective when you are feeling stressed or anxious, and makes it especially valuable to traumatized people. Imogen was born and raised in England, and has lived in the US now for over 30 years. She has been successfully working with clients online, both individually and in groups, since 2014.
More about Imogen and her work:
Website: imogenragone.com
Facebook Page: BodyIntelligence with Imogen Ragone
Facebook Group: BodyIntelligence Community
Shay Seaborne, CPTSD (They/Them) is a survivor of developmental trauma and medical trauma, and has Complex PTSD (CPTSD). Out of necessity they have studied and learned about the neurobiology of fear, trauma, and PTSD for over 11 years. Shay writes, speaks, and makes art to convey their experiences as well as their understanding of the neurobiology of fear, trauma theory, and principles of trauma recovery. Shay wishes everyone could recognize PTSD is not a mental health problem, but a neurophysiological condition rooted in dysregulation. Our mainstream culture is neuro-negative, and we need to understand we can heal ourselves and each other through awareness, understanding, and safe connection.
More about Shay and their work:
Websites: shayseaborne.com and TraumaAwareAmerica.org
Facebook Page: Trauma Aware America
Instagram: @shayseaborne_cptsd
Artwork: “Your pain is real” by Shay Seaborne CPTSD
Photograph of Shay by Bayou Elom.