Yoga4Wellbeing Classes
Suitable for NHS and Non-NHS Participants
Chair-Based and Mat-Based Options Available
Face-to-Face Sessions at Torbay Foyer, Torquay
This friendly and accessible Yoga4Wellbeing programme is designed for people who:
- Experience stress, anxiety, or mild to moderate depression
- Are at risk of Type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease
- Feel socially isolated or would benefit from connecting with others in a supportive group setting
The Yoga4MentalHealth Yoga on Prescription Programme supports both NHS and non-NHS participants to develop practical self-care skills through yoga, breathing exercises, relaxation, and mindfulness techniques.
No previous experience is necessary. All movements can be adapted to suit individual abilities and can be practised either seated in a chair or on a yoga mat. This is a Personalised Care Institute (PCI) standardised programme.
What to Expect
Each session follows a weekly wellbeing theme and includes:
- An introduction to yoga breathing techniques
- Gentle warm-up and mobility exercises
- Approximately 30 minutes of yoga postures and movement
- Guided relaxation
- A formal breathing practice
- Opportunities to ask questions and share experiences within a supportive group environment
High-quality yoga mats, blocks, straps, and chairs are provided.
Venue
Torbay Foyer
Teignmouth Road
Torquay
TQ1 4DZ
Google Maps: 50.482561, -3.537847
Course Details
Start Date: 15 January for 8 consecutive weeks.
Dates: 15 January, 22 January, 29 January, 5 February, 12 February, 26 February, 5 March, 12 March.
Time: 10:00am to 11:30am
- Facilitator: Davinia Allbrook
This programme is focused on helping people improve their wellbeing in a supportive, inclusive environment. The revised version below uses a warmer, more engaging tone while retaining all key information.
'All Together Active' Yoga4Wellbeing Programme.
PCI (Personalised Care Institute Level) -Accredited Yoga & Breathing Classes.
Open to NHS and non-NHS participants (Happy Heart Friendly).
✅ Chair-based and mat-based options available
✅ Face-to-face sessions at Newton Abbot Library
Join our friendly and supportive 6-week Yoga4Wellbeing programme, designed to enhance both physical and emotional wellbeing through gentle movement, breathing practices, relaxation, and mindfulness techniques.
Develop practical self-care skills and discover simple yoga-based practices that can help support your overall health, wellbeing, and resilience. This programme follows the Personalised Care Institute (PCI) standardised model, making it accessible, safe, and suitable for a wide range of participants.
No previous yoga experience is necessary. All activities can be adapted to meet individual needs and can be completed either from a chair or on a yoga mat.
What to Expect
Each session follows a weekly theme and includes:
- Guided breathing and mindfulness practices
- Gentle warm-up and mobility exercises
- Approximately 30 minutes of accessible yoga movement and postures
- Relaxation techniques to promote calm and reduce stress
- Structured breathing exercises
- Opportunities to ask questions, reflect, and share experiences in a supportive group environment
All equipment is provided, including yoga mats, blocks, straps, and chairs.
Venue
Newton Abbot Library (Passmore Edwards Centre)
Market Street, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2RJ
Google Maps Coordinates: 50.531046, -3.613095
Programme Dates
Free Taster Session
19 January
Six-Week Programme
- Week 1: 2 February
- Week 2: 9 February
- Half-Term Break: No session
- Week 3: 23 February
- Week 4: 2 March
- Week 5: 9 March
- Week 6: 16 March
Session Time
10:00am – 11:30am
We look forward to welcoming you to a relaxed and supportive programme where you can explore gentle yoga, improve wellbeing, and connect with others in your community.
- Facilitator: Davinia Allbrook
Stress and worry can have a profound impact on our bodies, minds, and emotions. When left unmanaged, chronic stress can contribute to serious health issues such as high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. It can also lead to anxiety, depression, and feelings of being overwhelmed.
This course offers a range of practical self-help strategies to help you recognize, understand, and manage stress and worry effectively. Alongside these tools, you will have the opportunity to engage in peer support, sharing experiences with others who understand what you're going through. The goal of the course is to reduce the negative effects of stress and worry while improving your overall mental health and wellbeing.
4 weekly 2hr group course sessions starting Wednesday 25th of November from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
Online via Zoom.
Topic: Managing Stress and Worry
- Facilitator: Davinia Allbrook
Please Note: This course is now full. Please get in touch if you would like to be added to our waiting list to be notified of future course dates when released.
Understand your emotions and regain control with confidence.
Anger is a natural and human emotion, but when it starts to feel overwhelming or hard to express safely, it can affect our relationships, health, and wellbeing. This four-week course provides a supportive space to explore what lies beneath your anger and learn how to respond rather than react.
Together, we’ll look at the triggers and cycles of anger, identify the thoughts and feelings that drive it, and develop practical techniques to manage anger in a healthy, controlled way. The aim isn’t to eliminate anger altogether, but to help you express it more constructively, communicate more clearly, and improve emotional balance.
Guided by our experienced wellbeing practitioners, you’ll gain insight into yourself, build new coping strategies, and leave with a renewed sense of control and confidence.
The course involves attending 4 weekly 2 hr sessions each running from 10.30am - 12.30pm.
Course dates:
- Wednesday 21st October
- Wednesday 28th October
- Wednesday 4th November
- Wednesday 11th November
Venue: online via ZOOM.
- Facilitator: Davinia Allbrook
- Facilitator: Christine Pease
The Food-Mood Connection: How Nutrition Can Improve Wellbeing
Did you know your gut is often called the second brain? The connection between what we eat and how we feel is more powerful than we might think.
In this online workshop we will explore the science behind nutrition and mental wellbeing. We’ll uncover how the gut and brain communicate, the role of gut health in mood regulation, and how certain foods can boost mental clarity, reduce stress, and support emotional resilience. You’ll gain practical, easy-to-implement nutrition tips to nourish both body and mind, helping you feel more balanced and energised.
Date: Thursday 29th October 2026
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Location: Online via Zoom, emailed to registered participants.
Join us to discover how small changes in your diet can make a big difference to your wellbeing!
- Facilitator: Davinia Allbrook
The H.O.P.E course (Helping Overcome Problems Effectively) is a 6-week course developed by Coventry University accredited by the NHS designed to help people to cope better with Fatigue, Pain, Anxiety & Depression.
Over the six weeks of this course, you will work with trained facilitators to build your confidence and learn ways to help you better manage your long-term condition, including mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
The programme helps you to focus on you as a person, and not as a long-term condition. It helps you to discover new strengths and rediscover old ones to keep yourself well. It also aims to boost your self-confidence and resilience, to help you cope better emotionally, psychologically and practically with your condition. This course is therapeutic, not therapy.
6 x 2.5 hr weekly group sessions, starting 2 November.
Dates Include:
Week 1 November 2, Week 2 November 9, Week 3 November 16, Week 4 November 23, Week 5 November 30, Week 6 December 7..
Time: 13 pm until 15:30 pm.
Venue: X-Centre, Commercial Road, Exeter, EX2 4AD.
You can register by scanning the QR code above or
visiting https://myhealth-devon.nhs.uk/localservices/
hope-programme. Alternatively, contact us
directly:
Tel: 07842 018983
Email: hope.devon@nhs.net
- Facilitator: Davinia Allbrook
Rediscover confidence, creativity, and connection one photo at a time.
Reframe is a gentle, supportive six-week online photography course designed for people who are finding it difficult to get out of the housedue to anxiety, low mood, long-term health conditions, disability, or caring responsibilities.Reframe gently encourages time in nature, creative self-expression, and social connection, all of which play a powerful role in supporting mental health. During the course, we’ll use creativity to lift mood, reduce anxiety.Each week we will explore a different theme as inspiration to do between sessions.We offer space to share your images, talk about your experiences, and connect with others in a calm, non-judgemental community.This course is delivered in partnership between Well Image and the BeWell@StepOne programme, combining Well Image’s creative,evidence-based approach with Step One’s expertise in mental health support.This course is funded for Torbay residents.Participants will also be invited to contribute to an annual public exhibition celebrating the group’s creativity and journeys.
celebrating the group’s creativity and journeys.
Start Date: Thursday the 5th of November.
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Structure: 6 weekly sessions (1.5 hours each)
Dates: Week 1 November 5, Week 2 November 12, Week 3 November 19, Week 4 November 26, Week 5 December 3, Week 6 December 10.
Eligibility: This course is open to Torbay residents aged 25–65 who are struggling with their mental health and want a gentle, creative way to reconnect with themselves, others, and the world around them
Yoga4Wellbeing Yoga Classes
For NHS and Non-NHS Participants
Chair-Based and Mat-Based Yoga Options Available
Yoga4Wellbeing is suitable for individuals who:
- Experience stress, anxiety, or mild to moderate depression
- Are at risk of Type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease
- Are experiencing social isolation or loneliness
About the Programme
The Yoga4Wellbeing Yoga on Prescription Programme supports both NHS and non-NHS participants in developing practical self-care skills through gentle yoga, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, and mindfulness practices.
No previous yoga experience is required. The programme is designed to be inclusive and accessible, with all movements adaptable for either a chair or a yoga mat.
This is a Personalised Care Institute (PCI) standardised programme, delivered in a supportive and welcoming environment.
Each session includes:
- A weekly wellbeing theme
- Approximately 30 minutes of gentle yoga postures and movement
- Guided relaxation
- A formal breathing practice
- An opportunity to ask questions and share experiences within a supportive group setting
High-quality yoga mats, blocks, straps, and chairs are provided.
Location
X Centre, Commercial Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AD
Google Maps:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/DNno3B3sQuToiL286
Course Dates
Our next 8-week programme begins on 18th January 2027 & lasts for 8 Weeks.
- Week 1: 18th January
- Week 2: 25th January
- Week 3: 1st February
- Week 4: 8th February
- Week 5: 22nd February
- Week 6: 1st March
- Week 7: 8th March
- Week 8: 15th March
Time: 10:00am to 11:30am
- Facilitator: Davinia Allbrook
The H.O.P.E course (Helping Overcome Problems Effectively) is a 6-week course developed by Coventry University accredited by the NHS designed to help people to cope better with Fatigue, Pain, Anxiety & Depression.
Over the six weeks of this course, you will work with trained facilitators to build your confidence and learn ways to help you better manage your long-term condition, including mental health issues such as anxiety and depression.
The programme helps you to focus on you as a person, and not as a long-term condition. It helps you to discover new strengths and rediscover old ones to keep yourself well. It also aims to boost your self-confidence and resilience, to help you cope better emotionally, psychologically and practically with your condition. This course is therapeutic, not therapy.
6 x 2.5 hr weekly group sessions, starting 27 October.
Dates Include:
Week 1 October 27 Week 2 November 3 Week 3 November 10, Week 4 November 17, Week 5 November 24, Week 6 December 1..
Time: 13 pm until 15:30 pm.
Venue: The Courtenay Centre, Kingsteignton Road, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2QA.
You can register by scanning the QR code above or
visiting https://myhealth-devon.nhs.uk/localservices/
hope-programme. Alternatively, contact us
directly:
Tel: 01803 320696
Email: hope.devon@nhs.net
- Facilitator: Davinia Allbrook