Yoga for the Front Line (YFL) delivers accessible, trauma informed, job specific yoga training tailored for front line workers, supporting the health and wellbeing of individuals and their organisations.

This is your space to explore questions you might have about Yoga, whether it is about movement, breath, the body, style, how to start or what it actually is! This is your resource to start finding out.

Yoga is the practice of your relationship with yourself and the world around you. It is considered by many a movement practice for flexible people. In reality there are over 50 types of yoga movement styles (also known as yoga asana), a diverse range of breath work and meditation styles and mindfulness. All of this can be practiced in different ways. All of these things can be considered yoga if they support your connection to yourself and the world around you. So there is more to than being flexible but there is a high probability that with a regular practice a movement practice will increase your flexibility. Want more information on our movement protocols, then have a look at those questions or head over to our training pages - https://www.yogaforthefrontline.org/yogatraining

Front Line Workers work in high stress and trauma focused environments. In recent years following the 2020 pandemic the effects of stress have created wider impacts on the mental health of front line workers. Yoga is proven to support not only supporting eliminating stress from the body but it also supports our ability to become more effective at managing it through regulation of the nervous system.

Our goal is to support front line workers manage and be more aware of their relationship and lived experience of stress in their body. This is critical due to the psychological effects that come from working in high stress and trauma focused environments. Our movement practices follow a protocol that: supports the bodies nervous system is trauma informed is core integrated for support of musculoskeletal health offers effective and practical methods for eliminating stress from the body trains the body to become more effective at moving between active and passive states. fosters mindfulness by connecting you to your body so you can recognise the early warning signs when you might need support.

Yoga has many links to spirituality and different cultures and religions. We respect the history and origins but our protocols are specifically designed to make this anatomy specific. The body and brain connection we reference is based on science and neurobiology. Our goal is to inform and help you train your body to build strong physical and mental health in your relationship with stress.

Whatever you feel comfortable in. We suggest clothes that you do not feel restricted in. There is no obligation to wear 'yoga clothes'

There are lots of reasons for getting involved, maybe the programs have helped you, perhaps you are a teacher looking to specialise or you have some time to volunteer and want to make a difference to our Front Line Community. Please email us at yogaforthefrontline@gmail.com for a conversation.