Breathworks Mindfulness Blog

Stories, tips, and articles about mindfulness, daily meditation, compassion, living well with illness and chronic pain, and more.

5 Reasons why Mindfulness Can Help with Pain Management

Breathworks Co-Founder, Vidyamala, shares from her 40 years of exploration into how mindfulness can help with pain management. Read more

Mindfulness for Covid 'Long-Haulers'

For those who have survived Covid-19, fatigue and other difficult symptoms seem to be common. This blog gives some hope and some tips for those 'long-haulers' struggling after the virus. Read more

Mindfulness HEALS during a pandemic

Vidyamala reflects on how she's handled the increasing difficulty of managing pain during lockdown, and explains her approach with an acronym: HEALS. Read more

Reflections on Becoming a Mindfulness Teacher

Breathworks Teacher Rabia shares her journey with Breathworks' Teacher Training, and her advice for anybody thinking of following the same path. Read more

Vidyamala's Micro-Blog - Managing Lockdown with a Disability 2

Last time I used 37 words and I got this comment from Bridget: "37 words - a big relief in the sea of online 'stuff' we're all bombarded with at the moment. Can you make it 36 next time?!" So here's my 36 word micro blog on managing lockdown with a disability. Read more

Vidyamala's Micro-Blog: Managing Lockdown with a Disability

Vidyamala wanted to write a blog about lockdown with disability, but has been too preoccupied with managing it recently, so here is her 37-word micro-blog, which says everything she wanted to say. Read more

Connections in Lockdown

Breathworks teacher Fiona MacCallum reflects on the resources available to help us surf the waves of difficulty during this nation-wide lockdown. Read more

How To Bring Mindfulness Into Your Organisation

In this interview with Breathworks teacher and workplace policy lead for the UK Mindfulness Initiative, Andrew McNeill, we discuss the new book that Andrew has written: Organisational Mindfulness. Read more

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. Read more

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! Read more

An Incredibly Varied First Year at The Breathworks Foundation

Breathworks Foundation Head of Development Karunatara Green reflects back over her first year working for The Foundation - and the extraordinary achievements that we've made in that time! Read more

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. Read more

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Becoming Wild Awake - June 2021

Nature has held us when we have felt down, isolated and confused, and has brought energy and rejuvenation. Join us for a beautiful journey into how we can continue to become Wild Awake with the support of mindfulness in nature.
Gravity: Resting in Being with Colette Power - One day retreat

The sensations of gravity invite us to soften effort and recline into spacious awareness. Resting in a sense of flow we come to balance even in the face of continually changing experience.

Vidyamala's Micro-Blog: Managing Lockdown with a Disability

Vidyamala wanted to write a blog about lockdown with disability, but has been too preoccupied with managing it recently, so here is her 37-word micro-blog, which says everything she wanted to say.
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.
Mindfulness HEALS during a pandemic

Vidyamala reflects on how she's handled the increasing difficulty of managing pain during lockdown, and explains her approach with an acronym: HEALS.
Gravity: Resting in Being with Colette Power - One day retreat

The sensations of gravity invite us to soften effort and recline into spacious awareness. Resting in a sense of flow we come to balance even in the face of continually changing experience.
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.
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.
Mindfulness for Health course

Award winning mindfulness and compassion course to give you the tools and skills to live well with chronic pain and illness.
Vidyamala's Micro-Blog - Managing Lockdown with a Disability 2

Last time I used 37 words and I got this comment from Bridget: "37 words - a big relief in the sea of online 'stuff' we're all bombarded with at the moment. Can you make it 36 next time?!" So here's my 36 word micro blog on managing lockdown with a disability.
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?