Today we explore pain, the suffering we experience from it, and how being mindfulness alleviates the suffering. Our conditioning teaches us to push pain away, to be afraid of it, and to treat it as an enemy. We create stories and beliefs around the pain that only make the suffering worse. With mindfulness we can befriend pain. We can be with it, investigate it, and give it kindness and compassion. We can approach painful sensations little by little from the anchor of a bodily place that feels pleasant or neutral. We can express compassion to the part of us that is hurting. In these ways we heal and liberate ourselves from suffering.