Martina Meegan

Yoga4Health Talk
Saturday 21st 11am Yellow tent
Yoga4Health Class
Saturday 21st 12pm Yellow tent

Martina is a Yoga Teacher based in Meath. Her background in oncology has provided her with a passion for helping people to live a full and healthy life, using interventions and practices that are well researched and scientifically sound.

She trained with Yoga Therapy Ireland with additional specialisation in Yoga for The Stages of Menopause, Yoga in Cancer Care, Adaptive Chair Yoga, Mam & Baby Yoga, Yoga in Trauma Care, Yin Yoga ,Yoga for Sports, Yoga Therapy and Yoga4Health.

She is also an accredited Meditation Teacher. In 2024 ,she established a social enterprise Yoga4Health Ireland whose mission is to integrate evidence based yoga to support peoples’ physical and mental wellbeing in Ireland in an accessible and inclusive way. www.yoga4hi.ie

Yoga4Health is a 10-week evidence based prevention programme aimed at supporting groups of up to 20 people to achieve lifestyle change through daily yoga practices.

It has an inclusive and adaptative approach to encourage as many people to learn yoga and develop their 'Yoga Toolkits'. It is not just a weekly class (90 minutes) but participants are encourages to develop a home practice through the use of supporting video and audio recordings.

The programme maintains secularity and is taught using simple English language. The classes are offered in an accessible venue -physically , socially and financially.

The classes can be taken in the chair or on the mat. Each class has a different psychoeducational theme e.g. awareness, connection, balance, change. Participants are encouraged also become more self-reflective and to take yoga techniques /tool with them into their everyday living.