Yoga & breathwork for TV professionals

As part of the Your life at work strand, we're offering training aimed at sharing workplace best practice as well as how you and your teams can stay healthy, happy, and productive at work. 

The session is designed to equip you with some effective tools to help manage your mental health, especially during difficult times. We’ll focus on yoga poses (asanas) and breathwork (pranayama) exercises aimed at reducing stress and anxiety, leaving you feeling calmer and empowered to face the challenges ahead.

Who it's for

Anyone interested in yoga, from complete beginners to more seasoned practitioners working in Unscripted TV.

The majority of the USF online short course offering is for those at early career stage and above. As a result, we generally require applicants to have at least 3 credits (unless working in a traditionally uncredited role). If you strongly feel you would still benefit from the training, please email USF@screenskills.com so we can assess if an exception should be made.

We are committed to ensuring all our courses are accessible to everyone. This course is designed to be as interactive as possible. Please email the above address if you have any access requirements and we will be delighted to help, be that clarifying the form such interaction is likely to take or discussing reasonable adjustments.

Trainer:

Clare Richards, has 25 years of experience in the TV industry as a freelancer. She has been practicing Hatha yoga for a decade to navigate the ups and downs of her career. Clare began with Ashtanga yoga, explored Vinyasa flows and Yin, and has recently discovered a love of hot yoga. The most transformative part of her practice has been learning Pranayama (breathwork) and she now combines yoga and breathwork to help her find balance, calm, strength, and flexibility in a hectic world. 

What it covers

The session will focus on grounding and is designed to cultivate stability and connection to the earth physically and mentally by concentrating on the feet and lower body. We will loosen up the muscles around the lungs in preparation for a box breathing exercise, warm up the body and spine and do two short grounding vinyasa flows before some grounding seated postures and a breathing exercise to close. 

How to apply

This session will take place online via Zoom. Click ‘apply now’ at the top of the page and follow the instructions to apply for your place: you must login or register before you are able to complete your application.

If you need additional support to complete your application or require the application form in an alternative format please contact USF@screenskills.com

Places on these free online courses are limited and applications are often highly competitive. To stand the best chance of securing a place, please be sure to consider the following:

• When asked to list your three most recent credits, please include the programme title and your job role.
• When asked what you hope to gain from the course, please be concise but ensure you cover the specific elements of the topic you would like to gain knowledge of and what gaps in your skillset you believe the course may address. A rewording of the course title or a general comment on career progression does not tell us much about how this course would benefit you.

If you are no longer able to attend, we ask you to please use the “decline ticket” function on the right hand side of the page so that we can release your place. Our sessions are often oversubscribed, so we’d like to give other freelancers the opportunity to fill available spots. Thank you for your consideration.

This session is supported by the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund which invests in training for the unscripted workforce thanks to contributions from broadcasters, SVoDs and production companies.

This course would normally cost participants to attend, but thanks to this support, we are able to offer it to you for free. If you fail to attend, we reserve the right to request reimbursement of costs, unless your place can be taken by someone else.