Breathworks Foundation

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Breathworks Foundation
Founded2009
Founder Vidyamala Burch
Founded at Manchester, England
Type Charitable Organization
PurposeTo broaden access to mindfulness and compassion training.
Website www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk/foundation

The Breathworks Foundation is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that aims to broaden access to mindfulness and compassion training. [1] [2] It provides bursaries enabling people in financial hardship to access the programs of Breathworks CIC, develops partnerships with charities and community groups to expand the delivery of mindfulness training, and initiates research projects investigating the efficacy of Breathworks programs. [3] [4] [5] It was founded by Vidyamala Burch and is advised by a group of academic experts. [6] [7] [5]

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  1. ↑ "Charity framework". charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. ↑ "The Breathworks Foundation". Breathworks Foundation. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. ↑ "Vidyamala Burch". Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 List. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. ↑ "Who Benefits". Breathworks Foundation. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. 1 2 West, Michael A., ed. (2016). The Psychology of Meditation: Research and Practice. Oxford University Press. pp. xii. ISBN   978-0-19-100277-9.
  6. ↑ "The Breathworks Foundation Team". Breathworks Foundation. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  7. ↑ Lt, Pizutti; A, Carissimi; Lj, Valdivia; Cav, Ilgenfritz; Jj, Freitas; D, Sopezki; Mmp, Demarzo; Mp, Hidalgo (2019). "Evaluation of Breathworks' Mindfulness for Stress 8-week Course: Effects on Depressive Symptoms, Psychiatric Symptoms, Affects, Self-Compassion, and Mindfulness Facets in Brazilian Health Professionals". Journal of Clinical Psychology. 75 (6): 970–984. doi:10.1002/jclp.22749. PMID   30689206. S2CID   59306658.
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