We are a registered charity, with a mission is to make mindfulness accessible to everyone. Being an organisation that gives back has been important to us from the very beginning. Our Founder Vidyamala was living on benefits for many years before she was able to secure funding through a disability grant to start Breathworks. We know that many who benefit the most from our services are least able to afford it, so we are committed to help those in need through bursaries, scholarships, free resources and other funding initiatives.
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We passionately believe that no person or community should be excluded from Breathworks training programmes and courses simply through financial or personal hardship. The Breathworks Foundation works to raise money so that life-changing mindfulness programmes for pain, illness, and stress, are available to everybody.
Ginny, our Head of Training and online development lead, has just finished teaching the first 8-week Breathworks Mindfulness for Health course in a fully online format and she has written a very moving blog about the joy this gave her. Read more
Sophie from Breathworks London shares the exciting news about the Mindfulness Day Retreats taking place at the West London Buddhist Centre this year to support the Breathworks Foundation. Book your place now! Read more
Following last week’s blog about her vision for 2020, Vidyamala would like to invite you to take part in a fundraising challenge for Breathworks! Read more
Vidyamala looks back, 20 years on from first teaching mindfulness courses for pain and illness, and 10 years on from setting up The Breathworks Foundation to give bursaries so that people in need can access them. Read more
Breathworks teacher in training Alison shares, in her blog, how during an internet trawl in the middle of another sleepless night stumbling upon Vidyamala Burch’s work changed her life. Read more
In this week's blog Shannon, who is currently studying towards an MSc Advanced Psychology degree at the University of Leeds, introduces herself and shares her journey with The Breathworks Foundation. Read more
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. Read more
London based Breathworks teachers have won 3.5 years worth of funding from Tower Hamlets Council to run 12 free programs in their local community. Read more
After her amazing success in completing the Yorkshire Three Peaks walk at night to raise money for The Breathworks Foundation, Breathworks teacher Nadia Miller reflects on the experience. Read more
Read about how Breathworks Teacher Nadia is taking on another night challenge and how her mental and physical training is going, ahead of Saturday 3 August, when she will be walking the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge - at night! Read more
As our riding team begin their final training countdown, we asked them about their preparation before the BIG night. Read more
Lesley Howells is Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist for the Maggie’s network of 25 centres across the UK and internationally, and she teaches Breathworks Mindfulness for Health and Mindfulness for Stress course to people affected by cancer at Maggie’s Dundee. Read more