Meditation, Mindfulness and Breathwork Teacher

David Behrens is a breathwork , mindfulness & meditation teacher who collaborates with doctors, psychiatrists and psychotherapists throughout London and Gloucestershire. His specialty areas include addiction and mental health recovery, working with young people with learning disabilities, and working with families. He teaches mindfulness-based stress management to individuals and corporations, and as a MISP (Mindfulness in Schools Project) teacher, has trained social workers, teachers, and students. David’s work is inspired by and rooted in his nearly thirty years of practicing and teaching meditation while a monk at an international retreat site in India, where he also studied ayurvedic medicine and yoga philosophy. He is also an advanced practitioner of homeopathy.

David’s extensive multidisciplinary background has taught him the subtleties of tailoring the approach to the individual. He loves the synergy that happens when the ancient fundamentals of yoga (specifically breathwork , mindfulness and meditation) come together with the contemporary science of the nervous system.  

David runs an online course Meditation, Mindfulness & Breathwork Course for Mental Health Empowerment Course at the Shala School of Yoga.

Read this recent Newsweek article in which David is interviewed on the topic of Sleep & Meditation.