We would like to invite members of staff at the University to participate in a six-week Hatha Yoga course starting in January 2019.

The yoga course is intended to improve wellbeing among members of staff who feel anxious and/or stressed or burnt out. The classes are suitable for beginners and we would like to recruit staff who have not attended a regular yoga class or practised yoga regularly in the last six months.

During the study, participants will attend a one-hour yoga lunchtime class each week at the Canterbury Campus.

Two different groups will receive slightly different interventions. This will allow us to compare improvements to wellbeing under each approach. We are hoping to recruit 40 members of staff in total and participants will be randomly allocated to each group. There will be about ten members of staff in each yoga class.

To evaluate the yoga course, we will measure participants’ wellbeing at the start of the course, at the end of the six-week course, and at a follow-up three months after the start of the course.  Information will also be collected when you register for the study to check that you are eligible to join the study and fit to practise yoga.

The weekly one-hour yoga classes will take place on Monday and Tuesday lunchtimes between 14 January 2019 and 5 March 2019 (excluding half-term week).

To register interest and to join this study, or for more information, email: Whysper@kent.ac.uk.

If you have any questions contact: Tracy Pellatt-Higgins, Centre for Health Services Studies, telephone 01227 827963.