Yoga4Health

health, fitness · EN

Changing the World One Breath at a Time - bringing yoga into healthcare Paul Fox and Heather Mason - who do they think they are? Paul and Heather introduce themselves and their work on integrating evidence-based yoga into healthcare. Hear how Heather nearly became a Buddhist Nun; and how Paul's was so impressed by a yogi with a head wound! Seven years into their mission, Paul and Heather describe what it takes to have yoga on prescription, how to make yoga classes NHS-friendly, and the benefits to patients, staff and society of having yoga integrated into healthcare. They also explain why their work is rooted in the yoga tradition. In this first episode Paul and Heather set the scene. Future episodes will include guests who are leaders in their field, coving academic research, breathwork, psychiatry, psychology, social prescribing and General Practice.