Breathworks mindfulness for health course

Venue: Online via Zoom

Dates: Mondays from 25th January- 15th March, 2021 

Time: 7pm- 9.30pm

Duration: Eight weeks

Cost: £160

Who is this course for?

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:

• autoimmune disease,
• injuries,
• back ache, 
• diabetes, 
• insomnia, 
• chronic fatigue, 
• stress, 
• migraines, 
• fibromyalgia, 
• multiple sclerosis,
• cancer and other long-term illnesses 
• menopause symptoms 

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 lessons - more than 20 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 

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, you can take part in a session on Monday, 18th January, 7pm-8pm. There will be the opportunity to ask any questions about the course. To find out more and book click here.