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A

s a practicing nurse,

with experience in

both Cardiology and

A&E for six years

prior to starting

my yoga teacher training, I found

the stresses of 12-hour shifts

(including nights and weekends)

taking their toll. I began practicing

yoga seriously in 2008 to find some

down time and ‘realign’ myself both

physically and mentally.

The more I practiced on my yoga mat, on my days off, the more I

realised those skills were an asset to my work. I discovered those few

minutes waiting for an ABG result could be spent slowing down my

breath, finding focus back in the present. This allowed the craziness

of the workplace to be put on pause...even if only for a few moments

before things kicked-off again.

The use of breath and movement to bring about stronger,

healthier mental and physical health gradually became clearer to

me. This wasn’t something that was really being explored within the

NHS, in my own experience. By bringing small elements of meditation

and breath work into my nursing practice I was able to help patients

in tiny ways that made huge differences. For example, those who

were needle-phobic could breathe calmly and accept the blood

test/cannula they needed; I was able to assist patients in the cardiac

catheter lab feel calmer and at ease prior to their procedure.

Eventually, this led to me working almost full-time in yoga to

bring these elements of health to people to include in their everyday

lives. My ultimate goal is to help people avoid attendance in

A&E. More and more, we are discovering together just how much

can be aided – and even prevented – through the ability to move or

breathe better.

A registered A&E nurse, Wibbs Coulson first qualified as a yoga

teacher in 2014. Since then, he has set up his own company, Man-

dukya Yoga (mandukyayoga.com), taking it from one class a week in

April 2015 to being able to step back from his job at the hospital and

move into full time teaching in 2017. He is based in Suffolk.

A registered A&E nurse and now a

yoga teacher, Wibbs Coulson found

elements of his practice invaluable in

his hospital work

Life in the A&E room

yoga in the NHS