Welcome to YOGA4HEALTH Ireland

Inspired by

The Yoga4Health Social Prescribing Protocol

Our Goals and Objectives

Implement evidence-based 10 week Yoga4Health Programme throughout Ireland in an accessible and inclusive way
To offer Yoga4Health under the social prescribing umbrella.
To share research and evidence of the medical benefits of yoga with medical and healthcare communities.
To support and educate yoga teachers who share the passion for the integration of yoga in healthcare in Ireland.
Establish links with Irish universities to conduct credible Irish research.
Constantly reflect, review, learn and develop to keep the mission relevant and effective.

The Yoga4Health Programme in Ireland is inspired by the many years of work in the UK of the NHS and the Yoga in Healthcare Alliance (YIHA). Yoga4Health Ireland continues to work in association with the UK’s YIHA and other international yoga in healthcare groups.
Yoga4Health is a ten-week social prescribing programme aimed at supporting groups of twelve to fifteen people to achieve lifestyle change through daily yoga practices.
Classes are taken in a chair or on a yoga mat.
Yoga4Health is suitable for people who meet one of the following four referral criteria:
- At risk of cardiovascular disease
- Pre-diabetic (Type-2 diabetes)
- Experiencing stress and/or mild-moderate anxiety/depression
- Socially isolated

Social prescribing recognises that health is heavily determined by social factors such as poverty, isolation and loneliness.
Social prescribing offers GPs and other health professionals a means of referring people to a range of non-clinical community supports which can have significant benefits for their overall health and wellbeing.
Social prescribing works holistically, using the many assets and supports already available within communities.

Courtesy of the Yoga In Healthcare Alliance