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Yoga on Prescription

The Yoga4Health Social Prescribing Protocol
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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.
Paul Fox is a former BBC Radio 4 Journalist who has been practicing and teaching yoga for more than 20 years. He is director 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.
Introduction. 1. The Social Prescribing Revolution. 2. Yoga on Prescription - the Yoga4Health Protocol. 3. Changing Your Mind. 4. How Breath Supports Health and Wellness. 5. The Yoga4Health Protocol. 6. Learning to Relax. 7. Reflective, Practice and Learning. 8. Your Lifelong Journey in Health and Happiness. Conclusion.
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I found Yoga on Prescription both inspirational and pragmatic! Mason and Fox generously share the scientific rationale for the creation of their 12-week Yoga4Health series and provide us a behind-the-scenes tour of this comprehensive course. They offer evidence-based practices with demonstrated efficacy. In addition, they provide collegial support to those of us who don't live in countries that currently social prescribe. I especially appreciated their encouragement for us as yoga teachers and therapists to draw upon their model and feel empowered to integrate therapeutic yoga into the main-stream medical system by creating similar programming within our own communities. -- Robin Rothenberg, Yoga Therapist, and author of Restoring Prana, Chair of the Accreditation Committee for the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) 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 -- Dr Stephen Porges, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and author of the Polyvagal Theory Restoring health and successfully managing lifestyle related disorders is presented in Yoga on Prescription (The Yoga4Health Social Prescribing Protocol) by Paul Fox and Heather Mason as an informative and interesting read. This book combines traditional principles of yoga with research-based guidelines for practice and addresses a much felt need in integrative health care. -- Shirley Telles, Director, Patanjali Research Foundation, Haridwar, India Yoga for better health - like the approach presented in this book - has the potential to transform the lives of millions of people through embracing functional breathing from three dimensions; biochemical, biomechanical and cadence breathing. Having a deeper understanding can impart the wisdom to open airways, improve blood circulation, increase oxygen delivery, and balance the nervous system. -- Patrick McKeown, Clinical Director, Buteyko Clinic International, author of The Breathing Cure Worldwide healthcare is undergoing a paradigm shift driven partially by necessity stemming from the prevailing broken system but also by innovative pioneers who clearly see the virtue of fostering health instead of treating disease. They can help us envision a path forward that optimally combines both modern invention and time-tested approaches heretofore bypassed by mainstream medicine. Yoga on Prescription by Paul Fox and Health Mason is an important contribution to this process. It not only provides compelling empirical evidence but also a lucid explanation of how therapeutic yoga fits and functions within the realm of social prescribing and patient activation. Further, the degree of detail provided on actual therapeutic interventions provides a basis for practical implementation. For those interested in the real-world aspects of the health paradigm shift, this is a must read. -- James Marzolf, Senior Director, Health Sector Finance & Policy, Whole Health Institute This gem of a book, which very well could prove to be one of the most important books of this decade, gives us the essence of yoga as a possible modern-day prescription for real health. As Sat Bir Khalsa puts it in the foreword, our modern acute care healthcare system model is so focused on symptom treatment, dominated by technological approaches including pharmaceuticals and surgery. In this context yoga as therapy can play an important role for genuine healing. Heather Mason and Paul Fox have done an amazing job - this book is a clear glass of water, refreshing in its simplicity! -- Goran Boll, creator of MediYoga in the Swedish public healthcare system: - Bringing yoga into social prescription is a stroke of genius. Occupying the ground between specialised medicine and general wellbeing, it tackles the biggest problem facing modern healthcare - unhealthy lifestyles. The UK is ideally situated to pioneer this approach because its National Health Service reaches everyone - and within reach of nearly everyone there are yoga teachers who are competent to hold suitable yoga classes, given a little specialised training for which this is the course book. This programme is developing rapidly and has the potential to contribute significantly to the impact of yoga on modern healthcare. -- Dr Robin Monro, founder of the UK yoga therapy profession
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