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Active Breathing Course

The Active Breathing Course (ABC) is a free six-week course devised specifically to help people recover from the impact of Covid and other respiratory illnesses using breathing and singing exercises. It is both fun and creative, and has the full backing of GPs, and Kingston & Richmond Councils.

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What is this service?

For those who have been left with on-going symptoms of:

  • breathlessness

  • fatigue

  • anxiety

  • disordered breathing.

Learn valuable breathing and singing techniques to help you manage symptoms as well as receiving support from course tutors and fellow course attendees.

Breathing exercises and singing are widely accepted as a way to improve breathing, help restore lung function and capacity as well as regain muscle support.

To refer or self-refer, please click here

To join us in helping to provide this course to as many people as possible, please click here

If you would like to volunteer to become a course tutor, please click here

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