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Active Breathing Course for Cancer Patients

The Active Breathing Course (ABC) is a free six-week programme designed to offer therapeutic support for those affected by cancer. Through breathing and vocal exercises, ABC improves controlled breathing and lung function while providing techniques to help manage anxiety.

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What is this service?

Each session will be of particular support to those who have been left with ongoing 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.

Courses are held online and in-person in Southwest London and Surrey.

To join us in helping to provide this course to as many people as possible, please visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/activebreathingcourse.

If you would like to volunteer to become a course tutor, please complete the following Google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP--rPisGlcuVx5TW_gO7h74SYqJEJGwEOONXKISZiuHpIrA/viewform

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