If you have a diagnosed lung condition, and would like to learn how to improve your breath control & confidence, as well as have fun and meet new people, come along to Singing for Breathing.

So why Singing for Breathing?

There’s increasing evidence that singing regularly as part of a group is good for your health & wellbeing. If you have a lung condition, research also suggests that singing can:

• reduce your feelings of being short of breath. By strengthening the muscles you use when you breathe, you learn to breathe more slowly and deeply

• help you to feel more in control of your breathing

• increase the strength of your voice

• improve your posture

• increase your lung capacity

• boost your body’s response to infection

• reduce your use of medication when you have a flare-up

The singing and breathing session lasts an hour, and there’s time to have a cuppa and a chat afterwards as well.

From September 2017, the Gloucester CCG is funding people with a diagnosis of COPD to attend 12 consecutive sessions of Singing for Breathing for free. People with other breathing difficulties are also welcome, and invited to contribute a donation of up to £3 a session.

Come along and give it a go!

For more information, contact: Kirsty Abraham

peopleandsinging@gmail.com

07905 789683

What the Lydney Singing for Breathing Singers have said:

“It’s beneficial to my breathing.”

“I’m finding I can hold my outbreath for longer than I expected.”

“It does me a deal of good.”

“Nice being with people with similar health problems.”

Where: Lydney Community Centre, Naas Lane,

Lydney GL15 5AT

When: (Summer/autumn 2017) Thursdays, from 2 pm.

For further details use the link below

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