8-Week Course for Pain, Fatigue and Improving Health

Venue: Online via Zoom

Dates: Starting 20th September 2021 

Time: Mondays, 7pm-9pm

Duration: Eight weeks

Cost: £200

Who is this course for?

The next course will be held exclusively for mid-life women. Click here to find out more.

This eight-week Breathworks course is open to all but is particularly helpful for those 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,
• menopause symptoms 
• endometritis,
• exhaustion/ burnout 
• injuries,
• back ache, 
• diabetes, 
• insomnia, 
• chronic fatigue, 
• stress, 
• migraines, 
• fibromyalgia, 
• multiple sclerosis,
• cancer and other long-term illnesses

Testimonials from previous Mindfulness for Health courses

"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 became more aware of when I could be kinder to myself. Now I can accept my health condition with kindness rather than frustration. I’d definitely recommend this course for all health conditions. You can learn to respond to your condition better and become aware of how you're adding to your suffering. I’m really glad I did this course – I’ve learnt life-long tools"

-Melanie Rossiter 

"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 

About Breathworks 

Breathworks is one of the world's leading mindfulness organisation, operating in 35 countries. Its founder Vidyamala Burch developed the Mindfulness Based Pain Management (MBPM) 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. 

Course benefits

Most 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.

The underlying principle of 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.

Many people 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.

Course content includes:

• The skill of meditation and how to practise
• How mindfulness is central to helping you manage and live well with pain, stress and chronic health conditions
• How to dwell in the present moment and breathe into painful 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 (usually very much disconnected in chronic pain sufferers)
• Complementary mindful movement practices promoting further mind-body awareness
• The role of compassion and kindness in pain relief and managing chronic health conditions
• 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

On this course you will receive:

• Eight weeks of live lessons on Zoom (16 hours of class time)
• Breathworks Mindfulness for Health workbook
• 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 

Teacher

These sessions are run in a friendly group setting, guided by Breathworks accredited teacher Tammy who is registered with the British Association of Mindfulness-based practices. (BAMBA).

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 one held nearer the time (date TBA) with the opportunity to ask any questions about the course. To find out more click here.