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Yoga4Health for NHS patients in Stockport.
The fully-funded Yoga4Health Yoga on Prescription 10 week programme supports people to learn yoga postures, breathing, relaxation and mindfulness techniques. You don’t need any previous experience to do the course. Upward Frog CIC ran four courses in 2025 in partnership with Yoga in Healthcare Alliance.
Who is this course for?
These courses are for people living in Stockport borough who would like to improve their overall health and wellbeing.
They are particularly helpful if you are living with stress, anxiety or mild to moderate depression, social isolation or at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes or cardiovascular disease.
There are a number of conditions which are contraindicated for this course. If you have any conditions on this list you won’t be able to participate in this course.
The course lasts for ten weeks and each session follows a similar format which includes breathing practices, simple yoga postures, meditation and mindfulness, relaxation and group discussion. You also get a PDF manual and weekly videos of the breathing and yoga postures to practice at home.
The course is accessible to most people.
On this course you don’t need to get up and down from the floor. You can do everything on a chair if you wish.
The course is taught by experienced yoga teachers who have been trained specifically to teach this course.