ADVANCED TEACHER TRAINING ONLINE - 18 OCTOBER 2025

ABOUT

This Advanced Teacher Training is a fundamental and in-depth module essential in fully familiarising yourself with the Breathworks approach. You will cover key concepts and practices in more depth and practise how to teach mindfulness in different formats and contexts. The training is online and spread across 6 weeks.

Trainees learn to teach mindfulness on our Advanced Teacher Training

In this module, you will:

Learn how to deliver the content-rich Breathworks Mindfulness for Health and Mindfulness for Stress courses.
Become confident in drawing from the Breathworks approach for your own teaching.
Solidify your ability to lead a variety of meditations for stress, pain and illness.
Learn skills in teaching mindfulness concepts effectively.
Familiarise yourself with the practice of pacing to manage stress, burnout and long-term health conditions.
Learn how to lead and maximise the impact of Breathworks’ enactments.
Further your understanding of mindfulness and compassion and their applications.
Deepen your own personal practice and capacity to embody mindfulness in your teaching and life.
Learn to communicate and teach effectively and coherently for learners with different learning styles.
Learn how to adhere to good practice as a mindfulness teacher.
Gain confidence and frameworks for creating your own sessions, courses and teaching materials.
Be supported and taught by Breathworks’ expert trainers.
Learn in a lively, supportive group of fellow Breathworks trainees, enabling deep and rich peer learning.

What's Included

Module overview and orientation information.
Videos, handouts and other resources.
Guidance for the reflective assignments that you'll be doing.
Additional learning resources and links.
Group reflective space where you will be able to share assignments, reflections and experiences with your fellow trainees and trainer during the module.
Expert guidance and tuition from Breathworks Senior Trainers.
A learning community of fellow trainees from around the world.

During the training you will

Take part in weekly live online sessions held on Zoom with your training group for 6 consecutive weeks (one session per week, with two sessions per week in the first and last week).
Complete self-study throughout the training.

Event Details

Where:

This is an online module and will be hosted on Zoom and our online Community of Practice.

When:

Start: Saturday, 18 October 2025

End: Saturday, 29 November 2025

Registration Deadline:

Saturday, 6 September 2025

Schedule:

	Session Date / Time	Content
Orientation	Saturday 18 October 10:00 - 16:00	Introductions, module content, exploring different modes for enquiry and time for extended practice
Week 1	Tuesday 21 October 18:00 - 20:30	Teaching, Meditation and Reflection practice with trainer input
Week 2	Tuesday 28 October 18:00 - 20:30	Teaching, Meditation and Reflection practice with trainer input
Week 3	Tuesday 4 November 18:00 - 20:30	Teaching, Meditation and Reflection practice, 'Turning Towards the Difficult'
Week 4	Tuesday 11 November 18:00 - 20:30	Teaching, Meditation and Reflection practice with trainer input
Week 5	Tuesday 18 November 18:00 - 20:30	Teaching, Meditation and Reflection practice, Mindful Movement
Week 6	Tuesday 25 November 18:00 - 20:30	Teaching, Meditation and Reflection practice with trainer input
Week 6	Saturday 29 November 10:00 - 16:00	Group Reflection, deepening enquiries, Mindful Movement

In the self-study element of this training event, trainees will review all the key meditations and concepts of the Breathworks courses, as well as reflecting on the BW 6-Stage Process, Pacing, Mindful Movement, the BW Code of Conduct & Good Practice Guidelines, Breathworks Teaching Competencies, and the use of poetry and personal stories in mindfulness teaching.

Your Trainer

Colette Power

This module will be led by experienced Breathworks teacher Colette Power.

Colette is a Senior Breathworks Trainer who has been delivering mindfulness-based trainings, courses and retreats in the UK and Europe since 2011. She trained with Vidyamala Burch in 2009 and went on to play a significant role in delivering the Breathworks Teacher Training across Europe. Mindfulness in the Workplace Associate Colette - Breathworks

Colette’s practice and style of teaching is influenced by insight meditation approaches, and she is trained in Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) at the Centre for Mindfulness R
esearch and Practice, Bangor University. She has been a Certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher and supervisor since 2014.

Colette is a member of the Mindfulness and Social Change Network coordinating team. She has been delivering equality, diversity and inclusion training since 2018, specialising in exploring how privilege and social class maintain inequality. Colette trained as a facilitator of ‘The Work That Reconnects,’ Deep Ecology in 2009 and is a trained therapist.

Cost

	Individual	Concession	Organisation
Online	£1,115	£898	£1,595

SAVE WITH STAGE BUNDLES (TRAINEE TEACHERS)

If you are taking this workshop as part of our Teacher Training Pathway, you can save on Stage Two modules (and receive options for payment plans) if you buy as part of our Stage Two Bundle. See pricing here. To purchase, please tick the corresponding box under Payment Information in your sign-up form.

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Pricing Guidelines

Breathworks is a charitable organisation with a mission to make the benefits of mindfulness accessible to everyone. To help remove barriers for people in financial hardship, we offer concessionary, bursary and scholarship places on our trainings. We operate our booking system on the basis of self-assessment and trust. Please have a careful read of our eligibility guide below, and contact us if you have any further questions.

Concessionary Rate

Applies to individuals with an income of less than £22,000 a year (or less than £25,000 if you live in London). If your annual income is higher than this and would like to discuss your eligibility for a concessionary place for other reasons, please contact us at [email protected].

Bursary Places

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.

Organisation Rate

For organisations booking on behalf of their employees (cost is for one place).

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