8-Week Course for Improving Health, Pain & Fatigue

What would it feel like if you could improve your physical health, boost your energy and live a more fulfilling and purposeful life?

This programme will help you manage chronic health conditions, pain, illness and fatigue so you can get back to doing the things that you love with your family and friends, sleep better, manage stress and be kinder to yourself. 

Dates: Monday 12th September - Monday 7th November 

(*one week break on 17th October)

Time: Mondays, 7pm-9pm

Venue: Online via Zoom

Duration: Eight weeks

Who is this course for?

This eight-week Breathworks course is open to all but is particularly useful to people suffering from ill health. It has helped thousands of people with short or long-term physical health conditions, chronic pain and related stress. 

It has benefited people suffering from conditions including:

• Chronic fatigue,
• autoimmune disease,
• thyroid condition, 
• menopause symptoms,
• endometritis,
• exhaustion/ burnout 
• injuries,
• back ache, 
• diabetes, 
• insomnia, 
• sciatica,
• chronic stress, 
• migraines, 
• fibromyalgia, 
• multiple sclerosis,
• cancer and other long-term illnesses

Course benefits

People completing an eight-week Breathworks Mindfulness for Health course report lasting benefits including a greater capacity to manage their health symptoms through pacing and experience increased calm, confidence, energy, enthusiasm and appreciation of life.

It means getting back to having the energy to do the things you love again!

The underlying principle of Mindfulness Based Pain Management (MBPM) is that we are already whole and that by practising mindfulness and compassion we can rediscover our wholeness. 

Through guided meditation, group discussion, experiential activities and supported home practice you will be introduced to a number of simple yet powerful mindfulness practices by Breathworks certified teacher, Tammy.

Participants completing the course report a boost in psychological and physical well-being and find new sources of resilience, joy, kindness and calm to cope better with the stresses and strains of daily life.

Testimonials from previous Mindfulness for Health participants

"I'm now able to breathe into my pain and get some relief, daily meditations help me to sleep better and more deeply. All in all I feel more revived and ready for my day. My fatigue has lessened considerably and I feel more in control of my thoughts rather than getting carried away by them. I’d recommend this course to everyone even if they aren’t suffering with their health as I think there’s something that everyone can take out of it. It feels like a journey that I have just embarked on, and I’d like to share that with everyone. Mindfulness has brought me a new appreciation for my life and this is an outlook I’d like everyone to experience. A huge thankyou Tammy, I feel like a happier and calmer person who is more in control of their thoughts. It’s been a massive eye opener and I feel very fortunate to have come across this course."

- Sabreen

"I joined the Mindfulness for Health course to help me with pain management. Mindfulness habits and meditation are now a daily ritual. I have a calmer lighter approach to life's challenges especially recently towards to health challenges. Tammy's personal, warm and gentle non-judgmental approach fostered a lovely safe environment for people to comfortably share and support each other. If you're thinking of taking this course just do it! It’s a no brainer, your future self will thank you. Even if you are the biggest of sceptics, let it go and engage with the practice, you won’t regret it."

- Nicola Stataridaki 

"I have competed both the mindfulness for health & stress courses. There would be amazing benefits from doing either one alone ! I found doing both with a few months gap in-between really complimented each other by refreshing some tools I learnt on previous course as well as adding new ones. Im very grateful for Tammy holding a safe ,friendly , non-judging environment. I use some of the tools day to day & have seen improvements with my thought patterns and the way I handle overwhelming situations. I'm able to drop in to the moment more easily and just be! Thank you very much Tammy, I can highly recommend either course."

- Kaylea

"It’s been an incredibly challenging time and Tammy’s mindfulness course supported me throughout. Tammy is wonderfully supportive and makes everyone feel welcome whatever their background / concerns. She facilitates inclusive sessions where you’re encouraged to disclose only as much as you feel comfortable to share with others. She keeps the group connected and motivated throughout the programme with regular messages via WhatsApp.  It was really easy to access the meditations, homework reminders and poems and as a group we enjoyed connecting and sharing our learning journey.   If you're thinking about this course - do it! It will have such a positive impact on your life in so many ways and will inspire you to follow a path of mindfulness for your own well-being and for those you love and support around you." 

-Victoria  

"The mindfulness course with Tammy is excellent. She has provided me with the necessary mindful tools and strategies to help me cope and think about the present. This has greatly helped to managed stress and chronic pain through meditation and other mindful practices. She provides a safe, supportive environment for you to engage and open up with others and improve your wellbeing. I have thoroughly enjoyed participating in mindfulness to have me time. I would highly recommend contacting Tammy to try one of her courses.”

- Harjeet 

"Working with Tammy is a joy. It feels very safe, confidential and encouraging. There is no judgement, no right or wrong, just learning and support. It’s a very calming, reassuring and nourishing experience.

It is worth it in so many ways and it’s also great value for money. You learn about some really simple while powerful models and techniques to bring you into yourself and the present and out of your head. I would definitely do it because the benefits are wonderful. Daily meditation has become a way of supporting my mental wellbeing without a doubt. I think I’m breathing more deeply consistently in general. 

I feel more present, grounded, realistic, calm, positive. The kindness mediations encourage me to be compassionate to myself. I wouldn’t be without it. It’s the sort of course I wish I’d discovered and embraced years ago."

- Gillian Gabriel 

"I discovered that a lot of the pain I experience is due to my own tension and that I can ease that just by being more aware of my own body and breathing. Now I’ve learnt that I can be more in control of my body. When I feel stressed, even taking a few moments to focus on my breath and tension in my body can help me deal with pain. I learnt to let myself off sometimes. If I haven't achieved what I was hoping to achieve, that's OK because I did my best. I realised that previously, I expected much more of myself than of other people.  I've become much better at dealing with pain and working with it rather than hardening against it. No matter what your situation, you’re bound to learn more about yourself and take something positive away from this course."

-Hannah Blake

About Breathworks 

Breathworks is one of the world's leading mindfulness organisation, operating in 35 countries. Its founder Vidyamala Burch developed Mindfulness Based Pain Management to help her cope with severe pain and health complications following two major spinal injuries. The course has been backed with huge amounts of research, and has changed the lives of thousands of people. 

Teacher

These sessions are run in a friendly group setting, guided by Breathworks accredited teacher Tammy who is registered with the British Association for Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA) and is trained in trauma-sensitive mindfulness. 

Investment: £250

Payment plans available. Contact info@themindfuldiva.com to arrange. 

Suitability and booking

The course is open to all and will take place in a small group online. .  

Although mindfulness is an effective practice it may not be appropriate for everybody and the course cannot substitute for medical advice or treatment.

Once you have booked on to a course, final confirmation will be subject to completion of a short questionnaire about the course’s suitability. If it is decided that the course is not suitable at this stage a full refund will be offered.

If you would like to try a free taster session before signing up for the full course, there will be on Tuesday, 30th August with the opportunity to ask any questions about the course. To find out more click here.

Mindfulness is life-changing and transformational. 

The underlying principle of the Mindfulness for Health course is that we are already whole and that by practising mindfulness and compassion we can rediscover our wholeness.

Many people completing the eight-week Mindfulness for Health course report long-lasting benefits even years later.

Benefits reported by participants include:

- a greater capacity to manage health symptoms, 

- increased calm, 

- reduced anxiety,

- more confidence,

- increased energy, 

- more enthusiasm and appreciation of life,
- boost in psychological and physical well-being,

- new sources of resilience, 

- increased pleasure and joy, 

- more kindness towards self and others,

- the ability to cope better with the stresses and strains of daily life.

• The skill of meditation and how to practise
• How mindfulness is central to helping you manage and live well with discomfort, stress and health symptoms
• How to dwell in the present moment and breathe into uncomfortable or difficult experience 
• Breath awareness and its power to transform and dissolve tension and pain 
• The role of the breath in reconnecting mind and body
• Complementary mindful movement practices promoting further mind-body awareness
• The role of compassion and kindness in managing health symptoms
• How to increase appreciation of the simple pleasures in life
• Mindfulness skills for your daily life
• Pacing your activities and learning how to recognise and break the ‘boom and bust’ cycle

YOU WILL RECEIVE:

• Eight weeks of live lessons on Zoom (16 hours of class time)
• Breathworks Mindfulness for Health workbook (sent through the post)
• Access to a WhatsApp group to connect with other participants 
• Digital recordings of all the course meditations 
• Free access to the Breathworks online community of practice 

Venue: Online via Zoom
Dates:  12th September - 7th November  (*one week break on 17th October)
Time: Mondays, 7pm-9pm
Duration: Eight weeks
Cost: £250 

Payment plans available. Contact info@themindfuldiva.com to find out more.