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Welcome to Breathworks Ireland 

Breathworks Ireland is the Irish branch of Breathworks CIC. Fidelma Farley and Aksobhin Tracy established Breathworks Ireland to bring Breathworks Mindfulness-based courses to Ireland.


Breathworks Ireland runs Mindfulness-based courses and workshops for people with stress, chronic pain, or a long-term health condition, and for carers. By learning the skill of Mindfulness, a sense of confidence and initiative can be regained in relation to the pain, illness or stress. Mindfulness develops the ability to be fully present to our experience, and to be more aware of ourselves, physically, mentally and emotionally. It allows us to develop our inner resources, to adapt more easily to life's ups and downs, and to develop a more positive approach to ourselves and to life in general. 

Breathworks Ireland courses include:

  • Mindfulness Training for Health Care Professionals

  • Living Well with Pain & Illness - 8 week courses and full or half day workshops

  • Living Well in Health and in Illness: Somatic Yoga and Mindfulness (next workshop August, date tbc)
  • Mindfulness for Stress - 8 week courses; full or half-day workshops (next 8 week courses start 8 September and 10 September)

  • A Breathing Space for Carers - 5 week foundation course, and 3 week follow-on course; full or half-day workshops

  • One-to-one tuition

  • Distance Learning (phone or Skype)

  • Loving Kindness - 5 week courses (next course starts 14 September)

  • Yoga and Meditation - half-day workshops

  • Day of Mindful Living - full days of practising mindfulness (next Day 17 July 2010 - see below for details)


Courses and Workshops

A Day of Mindful Living - 17 July
Take a day for yourself to spend in stillness and awareness. The mindfulness practices we'll be doing throughout the day give us an opportunity to slow down, to become more aware of how we are and to learn ways of enhancing and enriching our experience of life. Open to all. Facilitated by Fidelma Farley.

When?    Saturday 19 June 10am - 4pm
Where?    Oscailt Integrative Health Centre, 8 Pembroke Road, Dublin 4
How much?    €70 (discount available for those who have attended a mindfulness course at Oscailt)
To book:    Contact Oscailt at 01-660 3872, or info@oscailt.com

Weekly drop-in meditation sessions
1.  If you have completed a Breathworks course, you can attend a weekly drop-in session on Tuesdays, led by Aksobhin Tracy. The evening starts with a meditation, and follows with a led discussion about meditation and/or Buddhism.

Where? Dublin Buddhist Centre, 5 James Joyce Street (off Talbot Street), Dublin 1
When? Every Tuesday  7.30pm - 10pm
How much? donation
No need to book, just drop in.

2.  There is an on-going weekly meditation session every Tuesday at Oscailt, which is designed to support anyone wishing to continue and maintain their meditation/mindfulness practice, or to provide a taste of Mindful meditation if you haven't meditated before. Each session consists of a 30-40 minute led meditation, followed by a short discussion. Facilitated by Fidelma Farley.

Where? Oscailt Integrative Health Centre, 8 Pembroke Rd., Dublin 4
When? Every Tuesday  6.15pm - 7.15pm
How much? €10
No need to book, just drop in.

One-to-One tuition and Distance Learning
All Breathworks courses are available on a one-to-one basis, either in person or by distance learning (phone or Skype). Fidelma has worked on a one-to-one basis with people with anxiety, M.E., cancer, back pain and M.S. Please contact Fidelma at 087-6834717 or info@breathworks.ie for more information.



Who We Are

Fidelma Farley (MA, PhD) worked as a lecturer for fifteen years before undertaking training with Breathworks to become a Mindfulness Trainer. She has led mindfulness-based courses for MS Ireland, for community groups, for carers and for people experiencing pain, illness or stress. Her courses and workshops place a particular emphasis on kindness to oneself and others, and on creating a warm, friendly and supportive atmosphere. 

Aksobhin Tracy (MSc) is a qualified Breathworks trainer with a background in engineering and more recently in social research. Since 2001 he has developed and run Mindfulness-based courses for people with MS for MS Ireland in its South East and East Coast regions, and courses for people recovering from depression for Fresh Start. He also teaches at the Dublin Buddhist Centre.

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