Online Yoga for Improving the Well-being of Desk-based Workers

Launched by KINGSTON UNIVERSITY · Feb 26, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

Office workers are reported to spend 75% of their working day sitting (Mansoubi et al., 2016) and up to 10 hours across the whole day on workdays (Clemes et al., 2014). This presents a significant challenge to workforce well-being because of the increasing prevalence of remote work globally. A recent survey by the Office for National Statistics found that as of November 2022, the top four sectors in the UK using, or intending to use, increased homeworking as a permanent business model were those consisting of desk-based or office workers as their employees; viz information and communication...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Participants working remotely/hybrid aged 18 years and above.
• • 2. living and working in the UK.
• • 3. speak and understand English.
• • 4. Fulfil the health criteria (e.g., No current injuries ).
• • 5. Are willing to commit to an 8-week online streamed yoga course, three times a week, 60 min each session
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Current yoga practice or related activities.
• • 2. Medical or psychiatric conditions limiting the practice of yoga in general
• • 3. Not suffering from any serious medical or psychiatric illness.