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Singing for Breathing Vocal Exercises DownloadExercisesResource

Singing for Breathing Vocal Exercises

Resource for patients with chronic lung conditions, as well as respiratory specialists and singing leaders.

Info@May 13, 2021

Phoene on the Leading Notes podcast AudioInterviewMusicPodcast

Phoene on the Leading Notes podcast

Phoene discusses creative compassionate disruption through music with Dr Melissa Forbes.

Info@November 6, 2025

2026 Training Dates Announced (updated) Training

2026 Training Dates Announced (updated)

New training dates announced for February 2026.

Info@November 3, 2025

Singing for Lung Health Survey 2025 DownloadResearchSinging Groups

Singing for Lung Health Survey 2025

Asthma + Lung UK have released the findings of their Singing for Lung Health Survey.

Info@April 18, 2025

Bringing Breathlessness Into View ResearchSingingVideo

Bringing Breathlessness Into View

A research project at Hull York Medical School on the impact of breathlessness on people's lives.

Info@October 24, 2024

A Matter of Life and Breath DiscussionResearchSingingVideo

A Matter of Life and Breath

This event took place on 11 July 2019 at the Royal College of Physicians.

Info@September 28, 2024

List of Online Singing for Lung Health groups (updated) DownloadResourceSinging Groups

List of Online Singing for Lung Health groups (updated)

List updated August 2024 and including web links out to groups.

Info@August 20, 2024

Evaluation of The Impact of Community Singing Groups DownloadResearchResourceSingingSinging Groups

Evaluation of The Impact of Community Singing Groups

An evaluation of singing for lung health by Sophie Wallace and Jag Mundra.

Info@August 1, 2024

Looking for a Singing For Lung Health Group? MapResourceSinging Groups

Looking for a Singing For Lung Health Group?

The A+LUK website has a new map showing singing for breathing groups in the UK.

Info@February 29, 2024

Singing for Lung Health in Bolton DocumentarySinging GroupsVideo

Singing for Lung Health in Bolton

Engaging video from Poprocks and Tea about the Singing for Lung Health group run by Bolton Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group.

Info@February 28, 2024

Breathing Physio’s YouTube Channel BreathlessnessExercisesResourceVideo

Breathing Physio’s YouTube Channel

Check out the Breathing Physio's excellent videos for children, teens and young people who have trouble breathing.

Info@March 23, 2023

Research on Singing Interventions ResearchSinging

Research on Singing Interventions

Research published in January 2023 provides an analysis of the use of singing in pulmonary rehabilitation.

Info@January 30, 2023

Sounds Better CIC: Sing and Breathe Wiltshire video PresentationSinging GroupsVideo

Sounds Better CIC: Sing and Breathe Wiltshire video

Sounds Better's video explaining their singing for lung health project in Wiltshire.

Info@December 9, 2022

Singing for Health Podcasts AudioInterviewPodcastResourceSinging

Singing for Health Podcasts

A series of podcasts designed for researchers, practitioners, health professionals and the wider public.

Info@November 2, 2022

Space to Breathe live meditation ResourceVideo

Space to Breathe live meditation

Check out the weekly 'Space to Breathe' live meditation with Breathworks Co-founder Vidyamala Burch.

Info@November 1, 2022

Free resources from The British Voice Association ResourceVoice

Free resources from The British Voice Association

Free resources available from The British Voice Association covering a range of voice conditions and issues.

Info@November 1, 2022

Cultural geographies of song and health in Glasgow ResearchSingingSinging Groups

Cultural geographies of song and health in Glasgow

Sophia Boyd's fascinating PhD, "Singing bodies: Cultural geographies of song and health in Glasgow" is available to read online.

Info@September 29, 2022

How We Breath video BreathingResourceVideo

How We Breath video

A video from IPCRG for use by health care professionals demonstrating how we breathe.

Info@September 29, 2022

Sing Strong Research Paper ResearchSingingSinging Groups

Sing Strong Research Paper

A feasibility study into singing for better lung health in pulmonary fibrosis.

Info@June 21, 2022

Care For Music project MusicResearch

Care For Music project

Investigating how music runs through our lives - right to the end.

Info@June 20, 2022

Notes on a soundscape ArticleBreathingPodcast

Notes on a soundscape

Kate Binnie's article explores breath and sound.

Info@June 20, 2022

ENO Breathe randomised controlled trial results announced ArticleBreathingCOVIDResearchResource

ENO Breathe randomised controlled trial results announced

Read more and find links to the research article and other resources.

Info@May 18, 2022

Physiological changes related to 10 weeks of SLH in patients with COPD ArticleResearchResourceSinging

Physiological changes related to 10 weeks of SLH in patients with COPD

Research from Denmark exploring the impact of SLH on physiological parameters.

Info@May 12, 2022

Latest Singing for Lung Health research ArticleResearchResourceSinging

Latest Singing for Lung Health research

Research on the physiology of singing and implications for ‘Singing for Lung Health’.

Info@November 12, 2021

Danish Singing for Lung Health RCT ArticleResearchResourceSinging

Danish Singing for Lung Health RCT

Important RCT published in the European Respiratory Journal.

Info@October 14, 2021

Long COVID and Singers – a free resource COVIDResource

Long COVID and Singers – a free resource

Available from the Vocal Health Education website.

Info@August 24, 2021

Rachel and Phoene on the Long COVID Physio Podcast AudioCOVIDDiscussionPodcast

Rachel and Phoene on the Long COVID Physio Podcast

The discussion was around the role of breath, voice and singing for people living with Long COVID.

Info@August 9, 2021

Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review COVIDResource

Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review

The Review looks at COVID-19 and health inequalities in England, and why we need to "Build Back Fairer".

Info@June 22, 2021

Word of Mouth: Speech and language therapy AudioCOVIDPodcastVoice

Word of Mouth: Speech and language therapy

Michael Rosen discusses his post Covid-19 rehabilitation with speech and language therapists Fiona Gillies and Tara Millan-Brophy.

Info@May 17, 2021

Fatigue and Breathlessness in Long COVID BreathlessnessCOVIDVideo

Fatigue and Breathlessness in Long COVID

Discussion of the symptoms of fatigue, breathlessness, breathing pattern symptoms and post exertional fatigue in those living with Long COVID.

Info@May 14, 2021

Breathing Pattern Disorder and implications in Long COVID BreathingCOVIDVideo

Breathing Pattern Disorder and implications in Long COVID

AHP Leader discussion of the definition and diagnosis of breathing pattern disorder (BPD) and Long COVID.

Info@May 14, 2021

Long COVID Speech and Language Therapists COVIDVideo

Long COVID Speech and Language Therapists

The role of speech and language therapists in the management of patients with COVID-19.

Info@May 14, 2021

The Long COVID Physio podcast COVIDDiscussionFeaturePodcast

The Long COVID Physio podcast

A podcast where health professionals share stories of living with Long COVID.

Info@May 14, 2021

Reflections on Singing and Long-COVID ArticleBlogCOVIDSinging

Reflections on Singing and Long-COVID

Dr. Rachel Goldenberg's long-form blog posts reflecting on how to develop best practice.

Info@May 14, 2021

This Is A Voice podcast COVIDDiscussionFeaturePodcastSinging

This Is A Voice podcast

Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher chat to Phoene about singing for lung health and much more.

Info@May 14, 2021

Sing and Breathe Project Evaluation ResearchVideo

Sing and Breathe Project Evaluation

Recording of the Sing and Breathe Salisbury Project Evaluation launch from January 2021.

Info@May 14, 2021

Breathe DANCE film BreathingDanceVideo

Breathe DANCE film

A piece about optimal breathing and the relationship between breathing and movement.

Info@May 14, 2021

The six healing sounds of Liuzijue Qigong ArticleResearchVideo

The six healing sounds of Liuzijue Qigong

Similarities between sound and movement in singing for lung health and Qigong.

Info@May 14, 2021

The chronic symptoms of COVID-19 ArticleBlogCOVID

The chronic symptoms of COVID-19

BMJ Opinion post "We need to do more to understand chronic vocal symptoms of covid-19".

Info@May 13, 2021

Cardio-Respiratory Rehab webinar PresentationVideo

Cardio-Respiratory Rehab webinar

Phoene presenting to an audience of respriatory physiotherapists on the Cardio-Respiratory Rehab webinar.

Info@May 13, 2021

My Voice Lifts My Soul DocumentarySingingVideo

My Voice Lifts My Soul

Film about a project providing a creative and social environment through which to explore lung health, music and singing.

Info@May 13, 2021

Breathe Sing for Lung Health – short films DocumentarySingingVideo

Breathe Sing for Lung Health – short films

A series of short films about the impact of Breathe Sing's programme on people's lives.

Info@May 13, 2021

Research articles and books DownloadResearchResource

Research articles and books

A list of research references for singing for breathing and lung health.

Info@May 13, 2021

Singing for Better Breathing Video Tuition SingingVideo

Singing for Better Breathing Video Tuition

A resource designed to support those wishing to improve and maintain their health through singing.

Info@May 3, 2021

This is a Voice BookResourceVoice

This is a Voice

An introduction to how the voice works from two of the UK's leading vocal specialists.

Info@May 3, 2021

Time to breathe ArticleBreathing

Time to breathe

Lancet article by Georgina Ferry about "Catch Your Breath".

Info@May 3, 2021

Reading List ArticleBookResource

Reading List

A list of books on singing, breathing, music therapy plus health and wellbeing.

Info@May 3, 2021

Home exercises ExercisesResourceVideo

Home exercises

A series of home exercises and songs produced by The Cheyne Gang.

Info@April 3, 2021

Cardio-Respiratory Rehab Webinar DiscussionPresentationVideo

Cardio-Respiratory Rehab Webinar

Phoene presenting to an audience of respriatory physiotherapists on the Cardio-Respiratory Rehab webinar run by Rachael Moses.

Info@November 28, 2020

Dance Easy: Breathe Better and Feel Good, Video Tuition DanceExercisesVideo

Dance Easy: Breathe Better and Feel Good, Video Tuition

A dance movement programme designed for people with chronic breathlessness.

Info@August 3, 2020

World Music Day 2020: Phoene interviewed by Emily Jeffery AudioInterviewMusic

World Music Day 2020: Phoene interviewed by Emily Jeffery

First broadcast on BBC Radio Sussex.

Info@June 21, 2020

BBC Inside Health discusses breathlessness AudioBreathlessness

BBC Inside Health discusses breathlessness

BBC programme looking at singing for breathlessness.

Info@August 7, 2019

Music and dance in chronic lung disease research ArticleDanceMusicResearch

Music and dance in chronic lung disease research

Research on the role of creative interventions for those with chrionic lung conditions.

Info@June 4, 2019

The Singing Hospital: Documentary DocumentarySingingVideo

The Singing Hospital: Documentary

A film looking at how The Singing Hospital project was developed.

Info@April 25, 2019

The Singing Hospital: Performance MusicSingingVideo

The Singing Hospital: Performance

Performance by Victoria Hume and Singing for Breathing at the Royal College of Physicians.

Info@April 23, 2019

Group singing, life quality and COPD research ArticleResearchSinging

Group singing, life quality and COPD research

Research from China on group singing therapy and COPD.

Info@March 3, 2019

Sing Up Q&A: The physical and mental health benefits of singing DiscussionVideo

Sing Up Q&A: The physical and mental health benefits of singing

Sing Up Facebook Live event from October 2017.

Info@November 13, 2017

“Singing with one voice?” ArticleTraining

“Singing with one voice?”

Phoene's blog piece on the London Arts in Health Forum blog considering the importance of training for singing leaders.

Info@March 23, 2017

The Documentary: In Perfect Harmony AudioDocumentarySinging

The Documentary: In Perfect Harmony

A BBC World Service programme examining singing in harmony and exploring its musical and emotional impact.

Info@December 3, 2013

BBC Radio 3’s “The Choir”: The natural voice AudioInterviewVoice

BBC Radio 3’s “The Choir”: The natural voice

Mary King interviews Phoene about the natural voice on BBC Radio 3's "The Choir" in 2013.

Info@February 3, 2013

Report from BBC Radio 4’s PM AudioSinging Groups

Report from BBC Radio 4’s PM

Report on Singing for Breathing from BBC Radio 4's PM in 2009.

Info@February 6, 2009