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First Online: 30 January 2020

Compliance with ethical standards

: This investigation met MBC's rigorous ethical standards. Neither SUDs nor associated taboo behaviours were the focus of the investigation underpinning this paper. As such concerns regarding possible psychological trauma related to the interview topic were greatly reduced. The physical saftey of participants during yoga classes was the resopnsibility of MBC's qualified and insured practitioners. In order to honour particpant confidentiality, aliases have been used and other identifiying details altered or removed.

: Christopher Fitzgerald, Ruth Barley and Joanna Hunt are founding members of Mind Body Connect (MBC). Christopher Fitzgerald and Ruth Barley are Lecturers at the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics at Sheffield Hallam University. Joanna Hunt is an undergraduate student at Sheffield Hallam University studying Occupational Therapy. At the time this research was carried out she was in her first year of study. During the same period, Sini-Petriina Klasto and Rosie West were post-graduate students at The University of Sheffield. Following the completion of this research, Sini-Petriina Klasto and Rosie West became trustees for MBC. They are now completing doctorates at the University of Sheffield and Keele University respectively.