Alzheimer’s Research UK launches Yoga for Alzheimer’s nationwide

Budding yoga enthusiasts and newcomers alike are invited to limber up for a national event launched by Alzheimer’s Research UK to raise money for vital dementia research.

The UK’s leading dementia research charity is launching Yoga for Alzheimer’s, an initiative encouraging people to get into their favourite yoga positions while raising money to help find treatments for dementia, which affects 850,000 people nationwide.

The initiative will take place at 16 venues across the UK from Sunday 12 June 2016 to International Yoga Day on Tuesday 21 June 2016.

In Manchester The Monastery, Pugin’s architectural masterpiece which sits alongside the Taj Mahal and the ancient ruins of Pompeii, will host a yoga session for up to 200 people on Tuesday 21 June between 12pm and 3pm.

Yoga for Alzheimer’s organiser Ingrid Stone came up with the idea of hosting a yoga event in 2015 to raise money for the charity after her mum Valerie Blumenthal was diagnosed with Posterior Cortical Atrophy, the same rare variant of Alzheimer’s disease that affected Alzheimer’s Research UK patron and author Sir Terry Pratchett.

After the success of last year’s event the initiative has been rolled out nationwide to include most major cities in the UK.

Ingrid said:

If supporters would like to get involved but can’t make the session, they can sign up and take part in their own yoga sessions from home.

If beginners are completely new to yoga and are unsure whether it is for them they can speak to their GP before signing up.

Alzheimer’s Research UK can provide a fundraising pack and plenty of support ahead of the event.

Hilary Evans, Chief Executive at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: