Keswick Mindfulness

Mindfulness for Health, relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing.
Heather Garry
BSc (hons) Occupational Therapy
Accredited Breathworks mindfulness teacher.
Accredited to the national network of mindfulness teachers.
Heather has previously worked as an Occupational Therapist in the NHS for 12 years and for the last 10 years she worked in a specialist service for CFS/ME and Fibromyalgia, specializing in the management of fatigue, stress and pain.
While training as an OT, Heather developed an interest in mindfulness, which she initially developed on a personal level. Whilst working in the NHS Heather continued to develop working with mindfulness and also did further training in fatigue management, sleep management, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and a year’s training programme in compassion focused therapy. After her further training with mindfulness she then started using mindfulness within her clinical work with clients.
In the last 5 years Heather focused her mindfulness training with Breathworks, completing their full training programme and is accredited with them to teach their 8 week programmes, including both mindfulness for stress and mindfulness for health, stress and pain. For a number of years Heather has been running both Breathworks mindfulness 8 week programmes and has worked on a 1:1 basis with clients exploring the benefits of mindfulness. In the last year, Heather has also been accredited to the National Network of mindfulness teachers and adheres to their guidelines in all aspects of mindfulness teaching. After leaving the NHS Heather now focuses on running Breathworks mindfulness for health, stress and pain 8 week group programmes. She also offers mindfulness workshops and mindfulness 1:1 sessions are also available.