Breathworks Approach for MBSR/MBCT Trainers

Breathworks Mindfulness Teacher in Rome:

"In the past I have done a lot of workshops and retreats, but I never have done anything like the Breathworks training. There was so much peace and ease, everything felt so natural and simple. It was like dropping a small stone into water which had big effects. No drama, but a lot of impact. It helped me find a lot more balance in my stressful life - to have more choice in how I respond to things."

Applying Mindfulness to Pain and Illness - the Breathworks Approach

Three day course for MBSR, MBCT and other mindfulness teachers, introducing methods and approaches for helping people living with pain and/or illness.

Learning Objectives

Over the three days of the workshop you will be introduced to:

Breathworks key ideas: Primary and Secondary Suffering, Blocking and Drowning, the Five Step Process, and all the teaching and methodology that goes with those ideas
Breathworks practice of Mindfulness in Daily Life: a way of teaching pacing in life that helps to avoid flare-ups of pain or other conditions
The Breathworks Body Scan and Mindfulness of Breathing practices: taught to particularly suit those living with pain and illness, based on Vidyamala's experience of using mindfulness for her pain.
The Kindly Awareness meditation practice: a compassion meditation developed to suit those with painful conditions
The Breathworks system of Mindful Movement
Guidance in how to teach meditation specifically for people with pain and/or illness
Using the breath to help soften reactions to pain and to reduce the tension and stress that often accompanies it

There will be presentation and discussion of Breathworks trainers' experience of working with this particular client group. Qualitative and quantitative data of programme benefits will be available.

I would like to say thank you very much for giving me my life back
- recent participant with eighteen years experience of chronic pain.

Trainers attending the course will gain a framework and methods to bring into their mindfulness work, to help people to live well and even flourish while living with chronic pain or illness.

Trainers

This event will be led by Breathworks founders Vidyamala and Sona.

Location

Cross Street Chapel, central Manchester, M2 1NL

Dates

Friday 5th - Sunday 7th October 2012

Times

10 am - 5 pm each day (9.30 registration on first day)

Cost

If paid for by individual: £300 + VAT (= £360)
If paid for by institution: £345 + VAT (= £412)

To Book

Contact Breathworks Office, 0161 834 1110, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Deposit: £60 (non-refundable)

The course fee includes a set of three guided mindfulness meditation CDs and a handbook

An attendance certificate will be given at end

Breathworks also run regular training events for healthcare professionals who wish to be introduced to mindfulness and its applications within healthcare

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