Questionnaires will be administered at baseline, completion of the 8-week program, and 6-month follow up include 1) measures of physical ability with the SF-36 Physical Function Scale (49) , Roland and Morris Disability Questionnaire (51), Short Physical Performance Battery (52, 53); 2) measure of pain with the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Short Form (54) and The Pain Thermometer (51); 3) measures of psychosocial function with the SF-36 Health Survey (55), Geriatric Depression Scale (57), Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire (58), Multidimensional Pain Inventory (60), Catastrophizing Scale of the Cognitive Strategies Questionnaire (61), Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (62), Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Scale (65), Self-rated heath (SRH) using standardized methods (66, 67); 4) measures of mindfulness with the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (68) and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) (69, 70); 5) measures of stress with the well-validated Perceived Stress Scale (71); 6) measures of sleep with a modified Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (73); 7) measures of appetite by evaluating pain-related appetite impairment.