Prescribing stillness
Evidence-based education and immersive experiences for doctors and high performers
The Breath Doctors. For People who give a lot
You can’t always change the pressure.But you can change how you respond.
When your work asks a lot of you, it can be hard to switch off—even when the day is done.
Join us for live online breathwork, practical courses and in-person experiences—bringing together medical knowledge and guided practice to help you make space for recovery.
When keeping going takes its toll
Being good at coping isn’t the same as feeling well.
You carry responsibility. Make difficult decisions. Look after other people. Keep going.
But perhaps you’re still replaying the day when you get home. Finding it harder to be present. Or spending your time off recovering just enough to start again.
When you’re used to functioning under pressure, it’s easy to overlook what it’s taking out of you.
You deserve more than simply getting through the week.
What we want you to take away
Understand what’s happening.
Learn what helps.
Our work brings together clear explanations, guided practice and time to reflect—with three aims:
Recognise your response
Understand how stress shows up for you, and notice when the demands are starting to outweigh your recovery.
Find steadiness under pressure
Explore practical ways to work with your breathing, attention and response in demanding moments.
Make room for recovery
Build ways to step out of work mode and reconnect with the people and parts of life that matter to you.
Education. Experience. Everyday practice.
Space to pause.
Tools to carry forward.
There’s more than one way to make space for yourself. Join a live online session from home, build your understanding over a course, or step away for an in-person day.
Our online sessions and courses bring clear explanations and guided breathing practice into everyday life. Learn with us, ask questions and explore practical tools you can return to between sessions.
For those looking for more time away, our in-person experiences offer space for reflection, connection and mindfulness, alongside guided breathwork, sauna and cold exposure. Across both formats, we help you understand your stress response and find practices that fit your life.
The aim is to leave with something you can use when ordinary life starts again.
Ways to work with us
Find your way to a little more balance.
Online breathwork
& courses
From a free introductory session to a four-week course, explore your breathing with us live on Zoom. Make time for guided practice and build tools you can bring into everyday life.
Explore online sessions →Foundations
of Balance
Our flagship wellbeing day, designed by doctors, for doctors. Bringing together practical teaching, guided breathwork, yoga, sauna and cold exposure—with time to rest, reflect and connect.
Explore the day & dates →Teams &
organisations
Bespoke talks, workshops and experiences for people working in demanding environments. We’ll work with you to create a session around your team’s needs and the realities of their working day.
Talk to us about your team →Individual
breathwork coaching
One-to-one functional breathing coaching with Dr Tim Hughes. A personalised programme that brings medical knowledge and practical coaching to your goals.
Explore individual coaching →Looking for more time away? Discover “In Balance” and all our experiences.
Meet the doctors behind the work
We know the responsibility.
We’ve had to learn the recovery.
We’re Tim and James. Our work in medicine has shown us how much people can carry while continuing to look capable. Our own experiences have taught us the importance of recognising when that comes at a cost.
The Breath Doctors brings those perspectives together: medical understanding, personal experience and practical ways to look after ourselves within demanding lives.
We know individual tools cannot fix an overstretched system. We also believe people deserve access to things that can help.
Meet Tim & JamesPodcasts
Breathing for Doctors
Dr Tim Hughes joins Patrick McKeown on the Oxygen Advantage podcast to explore breathing, medicine and caring for the people who care for others.
Watch the episode →NAIL-IT · 42 minutes
How to Thrive Under Pressure
Tim discusses stress, breathing, recovery and sustainable performance, drawing on his experience in medicine and wellbeing.
Listen on Apple Podcasts →From people who’ve been there
What people take away
“A transformative experience, well done and thank you!”
“The full sensory sauna session was an outstanding experience- my highlight.”
“I really found the breathwork techniques helpful and it was great to then put them into practice in the sauna/cold”
Participant feedback from Foundations of Balance.
Your next step
Make space for yourself.
Or for your team.
Join an upcoming experience, or talk to us about what would be useful for the people you work with.