School Breathe is extending its breathwork work beyond schools with The Breathing Hub, a free weekly wellbeing program launching in Monmouth. The year-long community initiative creates a regular place for adults to slow down, practise breathing and meet breath coaches and visiting wellness facilitators without joining a paid course or formal training.
Taking a school-based idea into the community
Founded by breath coach Aimee Hartley, School Breathe has focused on bringing practical breathing skills into classrooms and supporting educators and children. Co-director Melanie Lacy-Fewtrell works with Hartley on integrating breathwork and mindfulness into education. The Breathing Hub carries the same accessible approach into a setting open to the wider public.
The organization describes breathing as a life skill rather than a specialist activity. That distinction shapes the new initiative. The Hub is intended as a place people can attend each week to relax the body and mind, not as a certification pathway or a program that requires previous experience.
A recurring format rather than a one-off event
The Breathing Hub is planned as a full year of weekly sessions in Monmouth. School Breathe has begun assembling breath coaches and wellness experts for the program, with individual facilitator announcements to follow. The schedule gives participants repeated contact with simple practices while leaving room for different voices and approaches across the year.
Sessions will remain free, removing one of the practical barriers that can prevent people from trying a wellbeing class. The project has also opened a community list for Monmouth residents who want news about the venue and weekly program. This creates a straightforward entry point before the full timetable is announced.
A local extension with professional relevance
For mindfulness and breathwork practitioners, The Breathing Hub is notable because it expands an established educational model without simply copying a school lesson for adults. The audience, setting and visiting facilitators are changing, while the central idea remains that short, structured breathing practices can be learned and revisited in ordinary life.
The weekly rhythm may also help the initiative function as a community space rather than a sequence of disconnected workshops. Participants can return without committing to a long curriculum, and facilitators can contribute within a shared framework. School Breathe’s September launch therefore adds a public-facing branch to its classroom work while keeping access simple and consistent. It also gives the organization a way to observe which formats resonate with adults before considering similar hubs in other communities.
Source: School Breathe
Web: https://www.schoolbreathe.org/breathing-hub
