Breathworks offers training in Mindfulness Based approaches to Pain and Illness (MBPI). We run training courses for developing mindfulness as a personal practice and for teaching mindfulness to others. We also offer training for those wishing to deliver the Breathworks Living Well with Pain and Illness courses. Breathworks runs Living Well Courses in the UK and beyond for people living with pain and illness.
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Three meditation CDs are available, for anyone suffering from pain, stress, or ill-health. They include versions that are fully led and can be practised by anyone – no previous experience of meditation or visualisation is necessary.
The Body Scan CD contains two led meditations: a longer and a shorter version. The Mindfulness of Breathing and Kindly Awareness are two-CD sets that contain both fully led practices of differing lengths and versions with minimal guidance.
Living Well With Pain & Illness, Vidyamala Burch
Living Well With Pain and Illness gives a detailed summary of the principles and practice of the Breathworks programme. It is intended for anyone looking for new ways to live with pain and illness or other long-term difficulties. The main focus of the book is physical pain, but the mindfulness techniques are relevant to illness of any sort. They will help with managing energy and fatigue; also improve quality of life. The techniques are also relevant to mental and emotional suffering, such as stress, anxiety and depression.
The book starts with Vidyamala’s own story of living with pain. It looks at the nature of pain and describes how we can find a new relationship with it using mindfulness. It explores mindfulness and how it can bring wholeness, even if your body is injured or ill. The book then goes on to practical guidance on how to come home to your body through breath awareness and mindful movement, introduces three formal meditation practices with useful tips, and looks at how you can take mindfulness into your daily life.
The book came about partly in response to requests from people unable to attend a Breathworks course. It was also written with a strong sense of how Vidyamala felt when she first faced the loneliness of disability and chronic pain with few skills to help, in the hope that some of the lessons learned can help others find an easier way through their own journey with pain and illness.
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