The Breath Course for Physios & Health Professionals : Breathing Better, helping our patients and ourselves to breathe better, the science and the practice.

Join Sarah for this LIVE ONLINE Breath course.

( Sarah is an experience Physiotherapy Specialist , Yoga Instructor, Health & Well Being expert, experienced live and online educator , she is brilliant!) .

To ensure you all get the most out of the course, you’ll have a recording of the course and we’ll record the breathwork and sequences separately so you can access these easily later.

You Said : We Did:

People have asked for some evening courses so that is what we have done and we will practice virtually together and in small groups other over both evenings, it works really well.

What will the Course Cover :

 The link between our breath, body and mind is well documented. How we breathe impacts our whole body, our cardiovascular system, nervous system, energy levels and mood.

This course is for Physios and healthcare professionals who see patients with

• Spinal and pelvic musculoskeletal dysfunction,
• Chronic pain:
• Female & Male pelvic pain,
• Post Natal Conditions
• Female Pelvic Health presentations
• long terms conditions
• Cancer related conditions
• Stress and Anxiety

COVID19 Related Content:

In addition to the anxiety these conditions bring, the impact of Covid-19 increases anxiety, and long-term mask wearing challenges how we breathe. This course looks at assessing breath patterns, the benefits of optimal breathing and developing accessible breath practices to use with patients and ourselves.

Course outline

Sarah will cover with lots of practical interactive sessions:

Optimal breathing:

What is good breathing?

Connecting with your breath

Assessing our patients and our own breathing patterns

Considerations and the impact of other conditions on breathing

The science of our breath:

How it impacts all our body systems

The Polyvagal theory, balancing the nervous system

Current evidence on the benefits including managing and reducing symptoms, reducing anxiety, improving mood and sleep

Helping patients breathe better:

What we can or should change

The benefits of nose breathing, and working with patients for whom this isn’t accessible

The impact of mask wearing on breath patterns

Starting a regular practice

Additional information for joining this course online:

There is a large practical element of the course so that you can put what you learn into practice straight away:

Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move around in.

Please check that ideally you have space to place a yoga mat and can set up your laptop/table or phone so that you can see yourself whilst moving and practicing.

This Course is taught by Sarah Marsh BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MCSP, a highly experienced Yoga practitioner and Physiotherapist.

 (Sarah  is an MSK physiotherapist and a qualified yoga teacher. She started her yoga practice in 1999 and became a teacher in 2008 studying for 2 years  with the Yogacampus in the UK and  also in India and Australia. She is a Yoga Alliance 500 hours senior teacher. She has extensive experience in both teaching Yoga and training/mentoring yoga teachers. Her passion and interest is how physio and yoga can be integrated in a therapeutic  perspective to help the management of a range of clinical conditions and to offer the best care to her patients. Sarah has taught widely in UK, Ireland, Turkey,  Australia & New Zealand on this subject) . Sarah currently works in Oncology Rehab in Cromwell Hospital London and has a female and male pelvic health caseload in her Richmond ( London ) Private clinic. She has a long history of delivering health & Wellness training for some of London's biggest companies and continues to do this.

Sarah has also taught this live online course 2020 for the Irish Physio assoc, for us in the UK and also in Turkey. Gerard has run multiple live online physiotherapy courses.