Yoga to help NHS Staff

Our incredible NHS is on its knees due to an ageing population, growing demand for services and years of underfunding. Staff have been on strike, and are under so much stress and pressure that 6% are off sick on any given day - a quarter for mental health reasons. The Yoga In Healthcare Alliance contacted the Royal College of GPs to develop an accredited, evidence-based 6-week yoga programme for NHS staff to equip them with breathing and mindfulness practices to manage stress and anxiety. We need your help to deliver the programme to as many NHS staff as possible. We have already taught it to over 300 free of charge, but rolling it out more widely to every part of the UK will require organisation and paying our teachers. Because the NHS wants to spend every penny it has on patient care, NHS staff well-being is often under-resourced That's where the work of the Yoga In Healthcare Alliance comes in. Please help us to raise ten thousand pounds to support NHS staff by helping them to develop a personalised yoga toolkit of breathing practices, mindfulness techniques, and simple yoga postures, all rooted in and respectful of the yoga tradition.