Managing your health can sometimes feel like an uphill struggle—especially when you're juggling pain, fatigue, or other ongoing health challenges. With so much advice out there, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Where do you even start? How do you know what’s right for you? And how do you stay motivated when life already feels like a lot?

HEALS was created to help you cut through the overwhelm and find what truly works for you.

Designed by Breathworks Founder Vidyamala Burch, HEALS is an 11-week online course that empowers you to make meaningful lifestyle changes in a way that feels manageable and sustainable. You'll join a like-minded cohort, guided by an experienced Associate Teacher, to explore key areas such as nutrition, sleep, and movement—all through a mindful and compassionate lens.

Overview

🍎 What: A gentle and supportive health programme with mindfulness at its core
💻 Format: Live teacher-led Zoom sessions + group work + home activities 
⏳ Duration: 11 weeks, including a catch-up week.
🎟 Price: Sliding scale starting at £299 + financial support available (learn more here). 

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Developed by a Global Leader in Mindfulness for Health

After a spinal injury left her with chronic pain as a teenager, Vidyamala Burch turned to mindfulness and meditation as a way to manage her symptoms. This led her to develop Mindfulness for Health, a pioneering programme that has now reached over 100,000 people and is recognised worldwide.

But mindfulness was just one piece of the puzzle. Over the years, Vidyamala benefitted from hundreds of conversations with healthcare professionals and others living with health challenges about broader health management. Rather than one miracle solution, it was many small, sustainable changes across different aspects of her life that made the greatest difference.

HEALS distills over two decades of insights into practical lessons and guided practices, all within a supportive group setting led by an experienced teacher.

"This HEALS course is akin to having a human MOT! Each module had us look at a different aspect of our being, of our life. By the end of the course, it felt as though I'd gotten to know myself again."

– Helen, 52, lives with chronic pain

Who Is This Course For?

HEALS is designed for anyone looking to take care of their health in a sustainable, manageable way, particularly if you:

• Live with chronic pain, illness, or fatigue
• Feel overwhelmed by health advice and don’t know where to start
• Juggle a busy work life, caring responsibilities, or other commitments
• Struggle with motivation or staying on track with wellbeing goals

Do I Need Experience with Mindfulness & Meditation?

Mindfulness is woven throughout HEALS—it underpins everything we explore. Each week includes guided meditations in the live sessions, as well as a library of mindfulness practices to try in your daily life.

• If you already have some experience with mindfulness—perhaps from a course like Mindfulness for Health—HEALS offers a way to take those skills further, applying mindfulness to movement, sleep, habit change, and more.
  
  
• If you’re new to mindfulness, you’re very welcome to join. The course introduces key mindfulness principles in the first week and revisits them throughout, so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn and practise.

“In the past 2 to 3 weeks I feel much better than I have ever felt, even before my diagnosis. It is as if learning how to live with pain has given me tools to use fruitfully in the rest of my life. I can honestly say I feel happier than ever before”

– Edith, 62, lives with nerve pain

What the HEALS programme offers:

• A clear, tried & tested structure: With an 11-week framework, weekly live sessions, and reflective exercises, HEALS provides a supportive structure to help you stay engaged and make steady progress.
  
  
• Education on key pillars of whole-life health: Explore evidence-based approaches to mindfulness, movement, sleep, nutrition, and habit change—whether you’re learning for the first time or revisiting familiar ideas in a new way.
  
  
• A library of practical resources – Gain access to guided meditations, videos, further reading, and practical exercises—plus lifelong access to course materials, so you can revisit key teachings whenever you need them.
  
  
• Understanding, support and community – The group-based format is a central component to this course. You will journey through the HEALS programme alongside a cohort of like-minded others, connected by shared intentions, experiences and challenges. 
  
  
• A flexible approach that meets you where you are – There’s no pressure to ‘keep up’ or do everything. You’ll be encouraged to take what’s useful and integrate it into your life in a way that feels sustainable. 

The course brought together lots of strands and ideas that I had read about, but struggled to connect together up until now."

– Wendy, 55, lives with chronic pain

How the Programme Works

Course Structure

HEALS is structured around nine key modules, each offering practical tools for whole-life health:

Live Sessions on Zoom

The weekly 2-hour live sessions bring the course to life. These sessions include:

📚 Educational presentations & resource library on that week's theme.
🧘 Guided meditation practices for awareness training & wellbeing
💬 Group discussions to aid motivation and inspire ideas 
🏠 Recommended practices to try at home to consolidate each week's learning

Worried about committing? Whilst we encourage you to attend as many live sessions as possible, it is not a requirement to join every session. All live sessions are recorded and available for you to watch back in your own time. 

Your E-Learning Platform

All course materials are housed in our free online community platform, the Community of Practice. You’ll gain access to a private space exclusive to your course cohort, where you’ll find:

📌 Guided meditations, videos, and further reading to support your learning.
📌 Course recordings so you can catch up if you miss a session.
📌 A discussion space where you can share insights with others (if helpful).

Please note: the images above are for illustration purposes only. Please check each event page for details of your teacher and timetable. 

What People Say About HEALS

In a recent feedback survey of 40 course attendees, HEALS was awarded a 4.5 out of 5 average rating, with more than two thirds giving a perfect 5 star score. 

Furthermore, since beginning the course:

• 90% of those with health conditions felt better able to manage symptoms
• 87% felt better able to make positive changes to their health and wellbeing
• 81% felt more compassionate/kind towards themselves 
• 71% experienced improvements in mood
• 68% had been making healthier eating choices, more often
• 66% were more confident engaging with some form of movement

Below are some of the heartwarming testimonials we received: 

"[The HEALS programme] should be offered to everyone with a chronic pain condition on prescription! I wish I’d found it years ago."

– Teresa, 53, lives with chronic pain & fatigue

"Since completing the HEALS course I have joined the NHS weight loss app.I am using it as a mindfulness tool to be more aware of what foods I am choosing. For the first time I am seeing results without feeling deprived."

– Anon, 55, breast cancer survivor

I would definitely recommend this course to anyone wanting to make better life and health choices... I stand up and move about more now, I eat more vegetables, and another mini habit is to tidy up as I go along. I even bought a plant! That’s good for me!" 

– Anon, 70, lives with depression, anxiety and chronic pain

Cost & Financial Support

Breathworks is a UK registered charity with a mission to make mindfulness accessible to everyone. When you purchase a ticket for one of our events, you are not only investing in your own wellbeing, but paying it forward to someone else in need - All profits are reinvested to support our charitable work, helping us cover essential costs like staff, operations, and expanding our impact

We're offer three different pricing options to those wishing to join us: 

Rate	Cost	Details
Standard	£392	Full priced rate
Concessionary	£299	Applies to individuals with an income of less than £22,000 a year (£25,000 if you live in London) or those in financial hardship
Organisational	£524	For organisations booking on behalf of their employees (cost is for one place).

We trust our participants to assess their eligibility honestly and ask you to consider the Standard Rate if you possibly can, to keep our offering sustainable. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your situation, please contact us here.

Bursary Places (Pay What You Can)

A limited number of bursary places are reserved for individuals with significant barriers that limit them from affording the Concessionary Rate. As we want as many people as possible to benefit from Breathworks courses, we ask you to consider how much you are able to fund yourself. Subject to available funds, our charitable fund will cover the remainder of the course fee. To apply, please complete this form and click submit.

Spread the Cost

You can secure your place on this course with a 25% deposit. Simply request a payment plan here, and make your first payment before the booking deadline. We’ll then automatically set up three monthly, interest-free instalments for the remaining balance.

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