Tag: Breathworks Teacher Training

Lightness of Touch – My Practice Mindfulness for Health Course

‘Lightly child, lightly.’ It was week seven of my practice Mindfulness for Health course. I had just shared a passage by Aldous Huxley whilst guiding a Body Scan with an Open Heart emphasis. One participant described a feeling of lightness in her body and a sense of relief that in allowing experiences to come and go, they lost their intensity. Another, commented on how we can gently hold an experience, or we can grasp it, crushing it and creating tension and suffering for ourselves. The words supported me throughout the course, my mind and body softening each time I read them as I took a step back to see more clearly. Watching us enjoy that lightness was a delight. It hadn’t always been that way, for myself or for the group.

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Breathworks Mindfulness Teacher Training – Advanced Level

I’m sitting in the courtyard. The sky clear blue above, hot rays of sun warming my skin. Grasses whisper in the breeze, a bee buzzes around a yellow lily. There’s a burst of laughter, a passing conversation. Cutlery rattles as the dining trolley is wheeled through to the kitchen.

I was partway through my teacher training week, feeling held in the space and held in the community as the gentle hustle and bustle of retreat activity went on around me. I was back at Vajrasana, a beautiful retreat centre in the heart of rural Suffolk. I felt part of the Breathworks family, experiencing a deep connection with the people, the practice, the training and the environment I was in. I was aware of my breath deep within my body, of gentle flutterings of excitement in my chest, a smile on my face.Read More

Breathworks Mindfulness Teacher Training – Introductory Level

Two weeks ago I posted about the Breathworks Mindfulness teacher training I was about to embark on (here) and how mindfulness is enabling me to align my needs with my aspirations. I had the most wonderful time on retreat. We had a week of sunshine and inspiring training at Vajrasana. As I’d hoped, my practice most certainly was my protector.Read More

A Mindful Dance of Doing and Being

It’s an exciting week, the official start of a new pathway I have been embarking on. Tomorrow, I will start the Breathworks Mindfulness teacher training programme. It’s not unusual for me to start a new venture, to say I’m going to do something and then make it happen, often against quite unfavourable odds, but something about this feels reassuringly different.Read More