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 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.