Online Mindfulness for Health Courses

This online mindfulness for health course in a virtual group is for anyone suffering with pain, illness, fatigue, or any other long-term health condition. It importantly uses technology that allows the course participants to interact with the teacher as well as fellow participants.

The award winning course was designed by Vidyamala Burch, based on 25 years experience of managing severe chronic pain with mindfulness.

Book onto one of our upcoming courses: The courses in 2020 coming soon.

Latest

Vidyamala Named on the Shaw Trust Disability Power List 100 2019

Breathworks Founder Vidyamala was announced as one of the most influential people with a disability in the UK at a reception at the House of Lords.
Meditation Retreat November 2020

Join us this November for a 1-week meditation retreat set in the beautiful Suffolk country side led by Vidyamala and Sona.
Meditation Retreat May 2020

Join us this November for a 1-week meditation retreat set in the beautiful Suffolk country side led by Colette Power.
British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA) Launched

The UK Network of Mindfulness-based Teacher Training Organisations is launching under a mercifully shorter new name, with some more news about their future projects too!

Mindfulness and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can be a deeply distressing and disruptive condition. In this heartening blog, Ben shares what learning mindfulness with Breathworks has meant to him and his struggle with CFS.
Confessions of the World's Worst Mindfulness Teacher

Read how Mark came to mindfulness as a sceptical attendee at a drop-in session. He now teaches regularly and has seen the benefits of a mindfulness practice on himself, his mother and his colleagues & patients.
The Three Pillars Of Excellent Mindfulness Teaching

Breathworks Teacher Suryacitta has been training people to teach for years, and has noticed some common mistakes. In this excellent blog, he gives some pointers to mindfulness teachers and those thinking of becoming teachers.
Three Things You Need to Start Doing to Stay Energised at Work

Turn the long post 3pm slog into a walk in the park with these three simple practices and feel more mindful to boot!
Three Essential Mindfulness Practices for Resilience

We all have good days and bad days, usually determined by what’s happened to us. But what if we flipped the script and started relating to things differently? What if what made a day good or bad wasn’t so much about what happened to us as it was down to how we responded?
Breathworks Appoints New Non-Executive Directors

Breathworks has recently decided to expand our Board to include three incredible Non-Executive Directors - who will be able to offer advice and guidance based on their own areas of expertise. It is a pleasure to introduce them here.
The Things I Do for Science...

Breathworks Founder Vidyamala Burch recently volunteered to take part in an experiment into the effect of high levels of pain on the brain, giving her ample opportunity to make use of her own pain management strategies!
From Depression to Mindfulness

Niccy shares her experiences of depression, and how, after many years, her mindfulness practice helped her to break the cycles that kept her tied to chronic unhappiness.
World Health Organisation Recognises Chronic Pain

The World Health Organisation have updated their classification of chronic pain, in a way that should improve patient care and chronic pain research efforts worldwide.
Volunteering from Canada’s West Coast — My Transcontinental Journey with Breathworks

Emma Bashford discusses her journey of loss, injury, pain, and mindfulness, as well as how volunteering for The Breathworks Foundation from Canada has helped her feel a valuable member of society once more, opening up a new vision and possibilities.