Yoga4Health
I am an accredited Yoga4Health teacher, that delivers this programme through The Secret Space a charitable organisation that delivers yoga, Pilates and holistic therapies and located in Hertford
The YIHA Yoga4Health programme is accredited by the Personalised Care Institute – the accrediting body set up by the Royal College of GPs and NHS Improvement for training courses in the areas of social prescribing and social care, within the framework of universal personalised care.
Yoga4Health is a 10-week programme for NHS patients at risk of chronic illness. Patients join a mixed class of up to 15 students to be led through 10 weeks of themed classes to help them develop a personal toolkit of yoga practices that support their health and wellness.
They are supported to make lifestyle change and develop a daily yoga practice, and social connection is fostered through the unique structure of Yoga4Health. Patients join Yoga4Health classes through GP or Social Prescribing Link Worker referral, or by self-referral. The classes often attract support funding from a variety of sources or are patient-funded (with up to 5 free places per course for those on low incomes).
Why Yoga4Health?
ted; suffer from stress or mild-moderate anxiety/depression; are at risk of cardio-vascular disease; are at risk of Type 2 diabetes. It is highly rewarding to be able to support these patients and help them make changes that will improve their health and wellbeing and help the NHS by reducing the number of appointments and treatments required by people who have been able to avoid chronic lifestyle-related illness.
The Yoga4Health programme was commissioned by the NHS West London Clinical Commissioning Group in 2016 and its delivery to 279 patients evaluated by researchers at Westminster University. They found statistically significant benefits across a wide range of measures, including patient activation, stress, perceived anxiety, perceived depression, and perceived social isolation/connectedness.
GILLIAN REYNOLDS YOGA 