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Breathworks Living Well with Pain and Illness Courses - Central Manchester PDF Print

The Breathworks Living Well with Pain and Illness programme is an eight week course followed by an optional day retreat

This course offers self-management mindfulness-based strategies for people living with persistent pain or ill health and the stress that can result. It provides a tool kit of resources for daily life. You will learn to develop these strategies in a warm and friendly group setting.

Course Details

  • Next course: Wednesdays, 8th September to 3rd November (with no class on 29th September).
  • Time: Afternoons, 1.30 - 4 pm
  • Day retreat 10th November, 10 am - 4 pm

Course Costs

As a community interest company Breathworks Manchester operates on a not for profit basis. We aim to ensure that our courses are open to everyone regardless of situation or income. This means that we operate a tiered fee structure (as shown below) and provide a limited number of concessionary places on every course. To ensure your place on a course please contact us as soon as possible.

Costs for eight week course
  • full cost: £400
  • concessionary low waged: £200
  • concessionary for people on state benefits (or equivalent): £130

Costs include three guided meditation CD sets and a handbook.

To secure a place on the course please book with a £30 non-refundable deposit.

Day retreat (includes lunch)
  • full cost: £100
  • concessionary low waged: £50
  • concessionary for people on state benefits (or equivalent): £30

To secure a place on the day retreat please book with a £15 non-refundable deposit.

Venue

Manchester Buddhist Centre, 16 - 20 Turner Street, Manchester, M4 1DZ (Although we use this building, the Breathworks courses are entirely secular and are open to anyone regardless of race, religion or gender)

Booking and Further Information

  • Please send a £20 deposit, made out to Breathworks Manchester CIC, to Breathworks, 16 - 20 Turner Street, Manchester, M4 1DZ
  • Please send a £15 deposit (no-refundable) for day retreats
  • If you have any queries please email us: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 0161 834 1110

Trainers

This course is led by Breathworks Mindfulness Trainers Cate Clark and Gary Hennessey

After the Course . . .

To help you keep up the practices you have learned, there are some follow-on activities for "graduates" of Breathworks courses living in Greater Manchester and the north west