Course Overview:

Tuesday 20th June and Tuedsay 27th June 2023 , 6-8.30pm ( the course will be delivered live online via zoom over 2 evenings ). It will also be fully recorded for delegates.

Breathing Better: helping our patients and ourselves to breathe better, looking at the science and the practice.

The science and practice of breathing optimally: helping ourselves and our patients to breathe better. This course is run over 2 evenings: 6pm-8.30pm, Tuesday 20th and 27th June 2023.

The link between our breath, body and mind is well documented. How we breathe impacts our whole body, from our cardiovascular system and nervous system to energy levels and mood. This course is for healthcare professionals who see patients with chronic pain, pelvic pain, long terms conditions such as cancer, or those simply struggling with an injury. The anxiety and symptoms these conditions bring impacts how we breathe. In this course we’ll look at assessing and changing breath patterns, the benefits of good breathing, and developing accessible breath practices to use with patients and ourselves.

Course outline

Optimal breathing:

What is good breathing?

Connecting with your breath

Assessing breathing patterns, the 3 diaphragms

Considerations and the impact of other conditions on our breathing

The science of our breath:

How it impacts all our body systems

The Polyvagal theory, balancing the nervous system

Current evidence for using breathing techniques including managing and reducing symptoms, reducing anxiety, improving mood and sleep

Treatment techniques:

What we can or should change

Manual or movement techniques

Finding your voice

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

Starting a regular practice

How should I prepare my space for the online course:

Both sessions will be a mixture of lecture format and practical work. Ideally have a quiet space where you can breathe and move, lie flat and relax for a few hours.

What have people said about Sarah's Breath Course:

We had such great feedback on this course last year :

See what our attendees said:

“Thanks for a fab breathing course. I have used it a fair bit already” NH

“I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the breath course.

I really really enjoyed it. It was a beautiful balance of anatomy, physiology and techniques to consider in assessment & implement into practice.

But the best bit was that it was experiential. It takes real skill to get me down from my head & into my body when in CPD mode.

The lived experience… what can I say

Looking forward to more of this” JG

Little Bit about Sarah : 

Sarah Marsh is a pelvic health and oncology physiotherapist and a yoga therapist.

Sarah works for GenesisCare in London and also with Gerard (Greene) in his London pelvic health clinic. Sarah teaches and presents in the UK and internationally on breathwork, pelvic health, yoga, menopause and wellbeing. She has delivered several highly rated breath courses in 2021 and 2022 online and has taught around the use of Yoga in physiotherapy and healthcare in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and many other regions. She is a clinically based physiotherapist and also yoga teacher and combines both in her clinical work. She can also be found on Instagram @physioyogisarah