Bursary Funding for Mindfulness Courses and Training

Our charitable arm the Breathworks Foundation offers a limited amount of bursaries for subsidised places on the Online Mindfulness for Health Courses, Mindfulness for Health Group Courses, and Breathworks Teacher Training Programme

Eligibility

If you have a physical or mental health condition, and/or your financial circumstances are such that you would not otherwise be able to afford to attend a course with us then you are eligible to apply.

We ask you to consider how much you/they are able to fund yourself (this should be a minimum of 50% of the course fee) and the charitable arm of our organisation, The Breathworks Foundation, will fund the remainder of the course fee.

To apply for a bursary, please select which course you would like to attend:

Breathworks Teacher Training Programme

Mindfulness for Health Course

Online Mindfulness for Health Course

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