Summer yoga course
ILFA is delighted to announce a new, free 
yoga course for lung fibrosis patients and carers delivered by Michael Darragh Macauley, who is a qualified yogi.
The 8-week programme will take place every Wednesday at 10.30am starting on 22nd June.
The classes will include breathing and stretching exercises, physical moves and meditations carried out in standing and seated positions. Time will be allocated at the end of each session for peer support and a chat.
This exercise initiative is supported with a much-valued grant from Age & Opportunity and Sports Ireland.
To register to attend the course, please email info@ilfa.ie or call 086 871 5264 by Monday 20th June 2022.
Best of luck and thank you to the ladies who have signed up to take part and fundraise for ILFA. We’re very grateful for your support.
ILFA will host an online support group meeting on Wednesday 8th June at 3pm via Zoom.
We will use breakout rooms for people to meet in small groups & have a friendly chat over a cuppa.
We hope you can join us.
Please email info@ilfa.ie or call 086 871 5264 to register in advance.
The Irish Lung Fibrosis Association will host a “Let’s Talk Oxygen” Questions and Answers session with Patricia Davis, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Respiratory Integrated Care, on Friday 29th April at 11am via Zoom.
Please submit questions and register in advance by emailing info@ilfa.ie or calling 086 871 5264
Dancing for Pulmonary Fibrosis is a new dance exercise and wellness initiative from ILFA in collaboration with Dr. Vikram Niranjan, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, and Tracey Barnes, Dancing for Health CIC, UK.
Classes will take place every Tuesday at 2pm via Zoom from 26th April until 14th June. Classes will last 75 minutes and will include seated/standing exercises to music and a social component.
If you would like to take part in the classes please email info@ilfa.ie or call 086 871 5264 by15th April.
“Dancing for Health and wellbeing: A feasibility study of examining health impacts of dancing among idiopathic lung fibrosis patients” is funded by an Irish Research Council New Foundation 2021 Award.
The Irish Lung Fibrosis Association is thrilled to announce that we’ve joined Instagram!!!
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Let’s continue to raise more awareness about Lung Fibrosis 
Dancing for Pulmonary Fibrosis is a new dance exercise and wellness initiative from ILFA in collaboration with Dr. Vikram Niranjan, UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, and Tracey Barnes, Dancing for Health CIC, UK.
Classes will take place every Tuesday at 2pm via Zoom from 26th April until 14th June. Classes will last 75 minutes and will include seated/standing exercises to music and a social component.
If you would like to take part in the classes please email info@ilfa.ie or call 086 871 5264 by15th April.
“Dancing for Health and wellbeing: A feasibility study of examining health impacts of dancing among lung fibrosis patients” is funded by an Irish Research Council New Foundation 2021 Award.
