Yoga on Prescription

The Yoga4Health Social Prescribing Protocol

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Exploring the benefits of yoga on social prescription, this book details the 10-week Yoga4Health social prescribing programme developed by the Yoga In Healthcare Alliance. This evidence-based prevention programme targets NHS patients at risk of becoming chronically ill and supports them to bring about lifestyle change through a daily yoga practice. The programme is for patients who are socially isolated, at risk of cardio-vascular disease or Type 2 diabetes, and those with stress or mild-moderate anxiety/depression.The authors present the theory and background to the Yoga4Health Yoga on Prescription programme, providing the reader with a detailed posture-by-posture guide to teaching the protocol on a yoga mat, on the floor or in a chair. Inspiring lifestyle changes that will positively affect long- and short-term health, Yoga on Prescription is the perfect companion to anyone wanting to teach the yoga for health and wellbeing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-06-21
Mått150 x 228 x 22 mm
Vikt355 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagJessica Kingsley Publishers
MedarbetareKhalsa,SatBir
ISBN9781787759756

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Paul Fox is a former BBC Radio 4 Journalist who has been practicing and teaching yoga for more than 20 years. He is Chief Operating Office of the Yoga in Healthcare Alliance and was chair of the British Wheel of Yoga from 2016-2018. He lives in Cambridgeshire, UK.Heather Mason created the Yoga in Healthcare Alliance and is the founder of The Minded Institute. She is a C-IAYT yoga therapist and specialist in yoga for trauma and PTSD. Heather has played a leading role in establishing a voice for yoga in the UK parliament, in the NHS, and with the College of Medicine. She lives in London, UK.

In Yoga on Prescription, Paul Fox and Heather Mason provide a timely response to the mental and physical health consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. In their readable book they outline a succinct yoga intervention program that may profoundly benefit those whose health has been disrupted by the pandemic. The book provides the public health justification for their intervention, which can be efficiently implemented on the chair or the mat, as well as a plausible explanation of how yoga would enhance health. As society recovers from the pandemic, as the high percentage of survivors have persistent symptoms, we are witnessing the limitations of medical care in dealing with chronic disease. Post pandemic medical care by necessity will need to shift from the treatment of a pathogen defined disease to treatment of the chronic disorders associated with being infected. Covid long haul symptoms, like other chronic ailments, reflect a body in a chronic state of defence. Fortunately, the medical community is beginning to acknowledge the effectiveness of yoga and other strategies that incorporate movement and social connection as portals of treatment.