Beyond the Eyes: Movement for Pain | On-Demand Seminar
On Demand Seminar: Beyond the Eyes - Coordinated Movement for Pain and Nervous System Balance

On Demand Seminar: Beyond the Eyes – Coordinated Movement for Pain and Nervous System Balance

£20.00

Discover how coordinated eye and upper-body movement can recalibrate the nervous system and relieve pain. In this specialist seminar, Dr Raquel Chinchetru integrates insights from neuroscience, psychology, and yoga therapy to reveal how visual-somatic practices support relaxation, postural alignment, and nervous system balance.

You can learn more from Dr Chinchetru in her full specialised online course, Yoga Therapy and Mindfulness for Chronic Pain.

This seminar is hosted on an online learning platform, which you will be redirected to upon clicking the purchase button.

Description

Beyond the Eyes: Coordinated Movement for Pain and Nervous System Balance
A Specialist Seminar with Dr Raquel Chinchetru

Discover how integrating visual and upper-body movement can recalibrate the nervous system, ease pain, and restore balance.

Overview

Emerging research demonstrates that the way we move our eyes can directly influence pain pathways and patterns of muscular tension.
Building on insights from neuroscience, psychology, and yoga therapy, Dr Raquel Chinchetru has developed an innovative approach refined through her work in NHS pain management. Her method links visual, cervical, and upper-body movement to systemic regulation and improved nervous system coherence.

In this 90-minute specialist seminar, Dr Chinchetru will outline the theoretical underpinnings of her work—drawing from neurophysiology, eye-movement research, and pain psychology—before guiding participants through an experiential practice uniting ocular movement with gentle engagement of the hands, neck, and shoulders. This synthesis of theory and practice reveals how targeted visual-somatic movement can shape neural processing and transform the subjective experience of pain.

What You’ll Learn

Chronic pain is rarely limited to the body alone; it is mediated by attention, perception, and physiological reactivity. This seminar examines how visual-somatic practices can influence these processes, modulating neural signalling and cultivating embodied awareness.

Participants will explore the interaction between eye and upper-body movement, autonomic regulation, and emotional tone. Through Dr Chinchetru’s integrative framework, attendees will see how precise movement can support pain relief, clearer perception, postural alignment, and greater overall balance within the nervous system.

You can learn more from Dr Chinchetru in her full specialised online course, Yoga Therapy and Mindfulness for Chronic Pain.

Who It’s For

This seminar is suitable for yoga and health professionals seeking to integrate emerging neurophysiological insights into their practice, as well as individuals living with chronic pain—particularly those experiencing persistent tension around the eyes, neck, or shoulders—who wish to understand and alleviate these patterns through evidence-informed movement.

Learning Outcomes

By attending this specialist seminar, you will:

  • Understand how visual and upper-body movement interact with neural and autonomic systems involved in chronic pain and stress.

  • Explore the growing evidence linking eye-movement practices to reduced pain sensitivity, inflammation, and fatigue.

  • Recognise how tension in the eyes, neck, and shoulders can reflect and influence wider pain patterns throughout the body.

  • Experience guided sequences that integrate eye, hand, and neck movement to support relaxation, mobility, and nervous system balance.

  • Integrate practical tools and theoretical insight to enhance both personal wellbeing and professional application in yoga, therapy, or healthcare contexts.

Teacher

Dr. Raquel works as a Chronic Pain Clinical Specialist at Pain Management Solutions, where she uses her broad-based skill set to work with patients and a multi-disciplinary team of specialists in providing effective care according to best practice and NHS guidelines. She holds a degree in Psychology, an MSc in Health Psychology (University of Westminster) and an MSc in Human Resources.

Dr. Raquel has also worked as an honorary assistant psychologist with CAMHS NHS Islington, London. She has been teaching yoga therapy for over 20 years, practising a gentle, friendly and open teaching style. Her main areas of work are chronic pain, back pain, women’s health (pregnancy, post-natal recovery and perinatal depression) and mental health (depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder).

She completed the two-year Yoga Therapy Diploma training taught by the Yoga Biomedical Trust (founded by Robin Monro) and deepened her knowledge of yoga therapy with a course in Structural Therapeutic Yoga (Yoga and Ayurveda) with Mukanda Stiles.
Once qualified as a yoga therapist, she continued her professional development by completing courses in Yoga for Depression and Anxiety with Heather Mason (The Minded Institute) and Yoga for Trauma at the renowned Boston Trauma Center in the US.

In recent years, Dr. Raquel has run a private yoga therapy practice and also working for the NHS as a psychologist delivering mind/body interventions, working with people on a one-to-one basis and in groups, dealing with a range of physical and psychological issues. She has completed a Professional Doctorate in Health psychology focusing in Chronic Pain as the main topic of research.

Dr. Raquel is a chartered member within the Health Psychology Division of the British Psychological Society,  a member of the Yoga Biomedical Trust’s Yoga Therapists Association and is registered with the Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council. With Breathing Being, she wishes to continue to teach, train, share and develop these disciplines to support others.

In 2025, she initiated a multidisciplinary art installation as Artist in Residence exploring the global opioid crisis, using creative expression to deepen public understanding of pain, medication, and healing — a continuation of her commitment to integrating art, psychology, and somatic care. You can read her full art statement here.

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