We offer a wide range of mindfulness skills to ease the suffering associated with persistent pain, fatigue and ill health, and the stress that often arises as a result. These skills can be developed with one of our Living Well with Pain and Illness programmes:

		Breathworks Living Well with Pain and Illness eight week course at various locations with a qualified Breathworks trainer
		Breathworks On-Line Mindfulness for Health Course for those unable to attend a local course or who would prefer to train with shorter practice sessions at home or work. The course includes recorded talks by Vidyamala and ten-minute practice sessions twice a day over eight weeks
		Living Well with Pain and Ilness - Course in a Box - coming soon - a complete eight week course in a box with all necessary materials, including Vidyamala's book, guided meditation CDs, mindful movement DVD and CDs, booklet, mindfulness in daily life booklet and a course schedule
		Breathworks Distance Learning - one-to-one telephone-based coaching though the Breathworks programme
		Breathworks "Grads" Retreat - a five day residential retreat aimed primarily at people who have attended a Breathworks Living Well with Pain and Illness or a Living Well with Stress course

Vidyamala Burch - Breathworks Founder

Originally from New Zealand, Vidyamala sustained a spinal injury when she was sixteen. Over twenty years ago she started exploring mindfulness and meditation techniques to manage her own persistent pain and in 2001 began offering these skills to others, initially with funding from the Millennium Commission.

Vidyamala makes the practice of befriending your experience through mindfulness, however unpleasant or pleasant it may be, both commonsensical and compelling. I admire her tremendously. Jon Kabat-Zinn