HEALS Course - 22 January 2025

HEALS is an 11-week online course developed by Vidyamala Burch OBE to empower you to take control of your wellbeing through a whole-life health approach. It integrates lifestyle medicine, mindfulness, and habit methodology to promote sustainable lifestyle changes that enhance physical, emotional, and psychological health.

The course offers expert guidance for managing pain, illness, fatigue and declining health, focusing on key areas like nutrition, exercise, sleep, our connection to nature and self-compassion. 

Developed with insights from Vidyamala’s personal experiences and supported by a clinical advisory board, HEALS aims to foster self-awareness, better health management, and lasting improvements in quality of life.

How you will benefit

• Improved Self-Awareness: develop mindfulness as a foundational skill for wise decision-making.
• Sustainable Lifestyle Changes: make small, manageable changes that are easy to maintain.
• Enhanced Physical Wellbeing: strengthening, stretching and stamina and movement to improve physical fitness and balance the nervous system.
• Improved Nutritional Habits: learn and apply principles of healthy nutrition.
• Better Sleep Quality: discover strategies to improve sleep, crucial for recovery and mental clarity.
• Connection with nature: learn about the health benefits of being in touch with nature and the science of awe.
• Emotional & Psychological Benefits: cultivate love and compassion, reduce stress, and enhance your connection with nature.
• Control Over Your Health: feel empowered to manage your health through mindful practices and awareness.
• Positive Behaviour Change: use Tiny Habit methodology to implement gradual, positive changes.

What's included

• Weekly Live 2-Hour Sessions: learn directly from wellbeing leader Vidyamala Burch. 
• Supportive Community: join a buddy group for daily check-ins and mutual support. 
• Lifetime Access: enjoy ongoing access to the course materials and resources. 
• Behaviour Change Techniques: introduction to the Tiny Habits methodology. 
• Resources and Materials: access to a wealth of online resources for each pillar including videos, reading materials, guided meditations, worksheets, and practical exercises. 
• Community Support: connect with fellow participants for shared experiences and support. 
• Lifelong Skills: develop skills and knowledge for ongoing wellbeing.

How you will take part

You will learn through live sessions, a supportive community and practical exercises.

• Join a weekly 2-hour call with your group and teacher. 
• Work through weekly resources (videos, articles, lessons) with optional further resources to take you deeper into the relevant topic.
• Meditate daily with special HEALS recorded meditations.
• Complete worksheets to track your goals and record progress.
  
  

Read more about the HEALS course here.

Event details 

Where

Online Course.

The course will be held on our easy to use virtual learning platform Community of Practice, and the sessions will be held via Zoom - an easy-to-use online webinar/conference call programme. 

The practices and guided meditations will be available online anytime, and you will be able to share reflections and questions with your teacher and group via an online discussion forum.

When

Start: Wednesday, 22 January 2025

End: Wednesday, 2 April 2025

Live session times:

The times given are those in the United Kingdom.  If you are joining from elsewhere in the world you can use this Time Zone Converter to work out the times for you in our own country.

Wednesdays 14:00 to 16:00 UK time*

 

Date	Session
Wed 22 Jan	AWARENESS: Intro to HEALS & Awareness as a foundation.
Wed 29 Jan	BREATHING: Breathing and breathing meditations.
Wed 5 Feb	LOVE: Healing through compassion to yourself and others.
Wed 12 Feb	VALUES AND HABITS: Setting your value-driven habits for positive behaviour change.
Wed 19 Feb	NATURE: improving wellbeing through connection to natural world.
Wed 26 Feb	NO SESSION: CONSOLIDATION WEEK.
Wed 5 March	ENGAGING WITH MOVEMENT: Strengthening, Stretching and Stamina and movement to balance the nervous system.
Wed 12 March	SLEEP: exploring the science of sleep.
Wed 19 March	HEALTHY NUTRITION: principles of nutritious dietary choices.
Wed 26 March	REVIEW & REVIST: nutrition and mindfulness.
Wed 2 April	LOOKING FORWARD: how to continue with HEALS in your life.

 Your teacher

Andrea Cygler

Andrea has been a member of the senior training team for Breathworks for over 10 years. She was trained by the Breathworks founders, and has since gone on to train and supervise hundreds of new Breathworks mindfulness teachers. An experienced and well-qualified wellbeing practitioner, she has taught and practised complementary health, stress management and resilience training for over 20 years, working with all ages and diversities in Merseyside and North West of England.

Andrea is committed to enabling individuals in taking an active and integrative approach to their wellbeing. She encourages a deep understanding of the connection and relationship between body, mind and spirit. 

In her freelance work, she has brought mindfulness to areas including women’s refuge, rehab and recovery, suicide prevention and mental health awareness training. In her own practice of supporting others she has become particularly interested in the cycles of nature, and how we can align ourselves with its natural rhythms.

Cost

Individual	Concession	Organisation
£392	£299	£524

For our Cancellation & Refund Policy, please see here.

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 a limited number of concessionary and bursary places on events and courses. 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.

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).

Payment Plan

You can spread the cost with interest-free, monthly payments. Please submit this form to apply.

Please note: to participate on this course we require you to submit the registration form that will be provided after payment.