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No Limits to Health Autumn of Cycling
2023-10-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-10-14 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | WV1 2BS, Hickman Avenue, East Park, Wolverhampton, England, WV1 2BS, United Kingdom
Background
No Limits To Health 2023 Autumnof Cycling Programme starts on Sat 30th September at 09:30am

Park Active - Grange Park, Dudley
2023-10-15 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-08 10:00 - 10:45, 2023-10-01 10:00 - 10:45 | The Bandstand, Grange Park, Grange Road, Dudley, England, DY1 2AP, United Kingdom
Park Active sessions are free, weekly fitness sessions led by trained volunteers in your local park. Please read the PAR-Q document below.

Immersive Guided Meditation in Sutton Coldfield
2023-10-15 09:30 - 10:30, 2023-10-08 09:30 - 10:30, 2023-10-01 09:30 - 10:30 | Yoga Oasis, 1A Holifast Road, Birmingham, England, B72 1AP, United Kingdom
Sunday Soul balm: take a little mind and body relaxation time just for you and be restored for the week ahead.

Pop-Up Wellness Festival
2023-10-15 09:00 - 16:30 | TF8 7HT, John Rose Building, High Street, Coalport, England, TF8 7HT, United Kingdom
A day full of health & wellness goodness in a beautiful woodland setting.

As the nights draw in and the days get shorter, don’t despair! We’ve got just the thing to add some brightness, lightness and wholeness back into your day this October.
Join us for an incredible day of all things health & wellbeing at our pop up Wellness Festival in a beautiful woodland setting next to the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge valley.
Here’s a taste of what you will find on offer throughout the day…

Experience the awesome healing vibrations of a sound bath.
Explore the beautiful surroundings with a woodland walk and really get in tune with nature with some forest bathing.
Take part in a natural movement session and find out more about the ancestral approach to nutrition.
Tune into your emotions, and explore how they have played a part in your life with an emotional geography workshop.

Y﻿oga, EFT, crystal therapy, barefoot running, healing through writing, musical meditations, manifestation workshop and more!
Take this opportunity to explore something new or simply enjoy the things you already love doing. From fitness to personal development to spirituality, and everything in between, there is something for everyone.
And what’s more, for the price of one ticket, you can access it all, with no additional costs on the day. That’s right, all the classes and workshops are included in the price of your ticket!

You can see the full programme for the day below…

Park Active - Stevens Park, Wollescote
2023-10-14 09:45 - 10:30, 2023-10-07 09:45 - 10:30, 2023-09-30 09:45 - 10:30 | Car Park, Wollescote Road, Wollescote, England, DY9 7JG, United Kingdom
Park Active sessions are free, weekly fitness sessions led by trained volunteers in your local park. Please read the PAR-Q document below

Yoga for All
2023-10-12 17:20 - 18:30, 2023-10-05 17:20 - 18:30, 2023-09-28 17:20 - 18:30 | Pride House, 27 School street, 27 School St, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 4LR, United Kingdom
Fully inclusive, safe space, fun!

Daytime Discos
2023-09-13 13:00 - 16:00 | The Conservative Club, 98 Neachells Lane, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 3PR
DON’T MISS OUT – SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE OF £3 PER PERSON – PAY AT THE DOOR
COME JOIN THE PARTY!

Hear your favourite music from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Make new friends.
Dance away the afternoon like you’re 21 again.
Bar

Click here to view the Daytime Disco Leaflet

Tai Chi Classes - Age Concern
2023-09-06 10:00 - 11:00 | The Institute, Tettenhall Wood, Wood Road, Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton, WV6 8NF
Tai Chi classes for those aged 50+ – to improve mobility, health and wellbeing.
Every Wednesday: 10am – 11am
at: All Saints Church, All Saints Road, Wolverhampton. WV2 1EL
and from 6th September 2023:
12pm – 1pm
at: The Institute, Wood Road, Tettenhall Wood, WV6 8NF
No previous experience of Tai Chi is needed – these are beginners classes.
Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
Seated Tai Chi can be provided if required.
£5 per class – booking not required
Tai Chi is a Chinese exercise system which is used for relaxation and to help improve general balance.
Our sessions generally comprise of loosening exercises, Tai Chi walking, learning the Chen Man Ching form, finishing with Chi Gung.
Tai Chi has a number of health benefits, including the improvement of:

Flexibility
Posture and balance
Co-ordination
Stamina/cardiovascular health
Blood pressure levels
Body awareness
Intrinsic strength

Our instructor, Philip Shelton, has been teaching Tai Chi for over twenty years, being taught by Mark Peters and Kaiming.
Philip has been instructed to teach Tai Chi for arthritis and for rehabilitation and is also a member of the Tai Chi Union of Great Britain.

Tai Chi Classes - Age Concern
2023-09-06 10:00 - 11:00 | All Saints Church, All Saints Road, Wolverhampton., WV2 1EL

Park Active - Buffery Park, Kates Hill
2023-10-11 09:30 - 10:15, 2023-10-04 09:30 - 10:15 | Basketball Court (Multi use games area), Buffery Park, Paradise, Dudley, England, DY2 8SH, United Kingdom

Yin Yoga In The Forest
2023-10-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Wyre Forest – Forestry England, Wyre Forest Discovery Centre, Callow Hill, England, DY14 9XQ, United Kingdom
A restful yoga practice with Autumn in mind, enjoy Yin, meditation & relaxation. Open to all.

Come and enjoy a biweekly yoga practice in the most gorgeous forest space within the Wyre Forest. This is a special space that allows us to be within nature while we move through our practice. Surrounded by trees, we embrace the outdoors while indoors.
As this is a biweekly class you can enjoy something different each session, Victoria’s classes are designed with the seasons in mind, working with postures that can correspond to whats happening externally to create balance internally. As we start to move through Autumn,Winter classes will be designed in a way in which we can stay creative, warm & restful. Yin will be our dominant practice for the remainder of 2023, so enjoy restful yoga, long holds & embrace hibernation mode.
Bringing together qualities of Yin yoga, flow yoga, meditation, ETF, Dien chan, Myofascial release, strength, mobility, sound healing and much more.

Postures are layered for accessibility to all, enjoy poetic philosophy that brings modern life & yoga together, building a better life, creating healthier habits, clearing the mind & finding confidence in being beautifully human.

Bi-weekly Tuesday evenings 6.30-7.30pm
Wyre Forest Discovery Centre,
Callow Hill. Bewdley.
£9 per person
(Car park fee applies separately)

Upcoming sessions:
10th,24th Oct
7th, 21st Nov
5th,19th Dec

2024
16th, 30th Jan
13th, 27th Feb
12th, 26th March

This is an indoor space with floor to ceiling windows over looking the forest, what better way to calm the mind & move the body with a beautiful backdrop of woodland, birds, squirrels and the autumn colours changing before your eyes.

Bring your yoga mat, cosy clothing, a cushion & blanket!

Every single class & workshop held by Victoria at Wildlove is suitable for everyone, beginners & seasoned practitioners.

It will be lovely to see you.
V x

Menopause and Peri-Menopause Workshop
2023-10-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Erdington Health and Wellbeing Hub – First Floor, 196 High Street, Erdington, England, B23 6SJ, United Kingdom
The workshops will run throughout Birmingham and Solihull over the next 2 years providing holistic support around hormonal health issues.

Salus Fatigue Foundation are delighted to be working in partnership with BVSC and DRC to deliver a project to support the Department of Health and Social Care’s Women’s Health Strategy.

We will be delivering monthly workshops to support hormonal health in and out of the workplace, with the main focus on perimenopause and menopause.

The workshops will run throughout Birmingham and Solihull over the next 2 years providing holistic support to assist people experiencing hormonal health issues, to remain in and return to the workplace. The project aims to align with the Women’s Health Strategy for health in the workplace:

Individuals feel supported in and out of the workplace

Taboos are broken down through open conversation

Employers feel well equipped to support women in managing their health within the workplace

The FREE 2-hour workshops will be engaging, fun, practical and include a comprehensive hormonal booklet relating to perimenopause / menopause.

Workshop Content:

You can expect to learn about all things Peri Menopause and Menopause. Our expert will guide you through nutrition and diet for hormones, movement information, sleep improvement and much more. We will also offer knowledge on the different treatment options available to you.

You will receive a free booklet to complete during the workshop and take home to continue your journey. Our ‘wheel of life’ exercise will give you a clear picture of where you are at with your lifestyle, nutrition, mood and sleep. Plus, you’ll have the opportunity to ask our hormone/menopause expert any questions you might have at the end.

Workshop Benefits:

Learn new techniques and strategies to improve your hormonal health.

Feel more confident, supported and empowered to remain or return to the workplace.

Feel heard, and have access to peer support and guidance within a hormonal health community.

Free booklet including daily trackers to take home.

Goodie bag with lovely samples and links to relevant groups to gain further support.

Whether you suffer from symptoms or just want to learn more about perimenopause / menopause, everyone can benefit from face to face interaction. If you decide to come alone, it can be beneficial to focus on yourself and your own needs. You can take the time to really listen to what other members of the group are saying and to focus on your own thoughts and feelings.

It also gives you the chance to make new connections with people in a similar position to you which, in turn, can make you feel heard and less isolated. You are also welcome to bring a friend, family member as they may also find it beneficial to learn more about supporting hormonal health.

Take control of your health and join us for a life-changing workshop. Register now and start your journey towards a healthier, happier you.

Art & Craft Group - Age Concern
2023-09-05 12:30 - 14:30 | The Workspace, All Saints Road, Wolverhampton, (WV2 2AW
Are you over 50 and interested in knitting/sewing?
If so why not come along to our art and craft group? You may want to share your skills by helping to make comfort dolls. These are dolls made to help support people with dementia, alternatively you may wish to bring your own work with you. We are a small friendly group who meet each Tuesday afternoon 12.30pm -2.30pm at The Workspace, All Saints Road (Satnav WV2 2AW).

Join our Art and Craft Group
Come and join us at our friendly Art and Craft Group (knitting, sewing etc) giving you the perfect opportunity to share your skills or learn new ones. Along with other activities, our group makes and gifts comfort dolls to people with dementia, so you can make a real difference as well as meeting new people. We’d love you to be part of it.

Wellness Evening
2023-10-06 19:30 - 22:30 | Bradley House, 28 Bradley Street, Uttoxeter, England, ST14 7QA, United Kingdom
Join us for a blissful Wellness Evening on October 6th where you can relax, rejuvenate, and indulge in ultimate self-care.

September Yoga and Sound Therapy
2023-09-30 10:00 - 15:30 | Brandon & Wolston Village Hall, Main Street, Wolston, Warwickshire, CV8 3HJ, United Kingdom
A morning of yoga with Peter Hunter followed by an afternoon of relaxing sound therapy with Christine McKane.

Peter’s morning session will be based around the principles that underpin his approach to yoga., working on the basis of keeping us fit enough, strong enough and flexible enough to cope with day to day life, but doing that in a relaxed and enjoyable way. Christine’s sound therapy session will complement this and involves using a Nepalese singing gong, singing bowls and crystal bowls. It will provide you with an opportunity to thoroughly relax and immerse yourself in soothing, restorative sound.

Forest Bathing at Clowes Wood, Solihull
2023-09-30 10:00 - 12:30 | Clowes Wood, meet at Malthouse Lane Recreation Ground Car Park, Earlswood, Solihull, West Midlands, B94 5RZ, United Kingdom
Experience the magic of slowing down to “Forest Time” in this beautiful ancient woodland, and discover lasting joy, creativity and calm

F﻿orest Bathing (aka Shinrin-Yoku) is a set of mindfulness practices and fun activities designed to calm the nervous system, awaken the senses, and bring us into meaningful relationship with the web of life.
You’ll be guided through a sequence of gentle activities which invite you to playfully explore each of your senses in turn, expanding your usual range of perception and slowing you right down to experience existence at the speed of a tree – what I call “Forest Time”. This shifts us into a different brainwave state – so often in this modern world, we’re locked into the “beta” wave state of constant action and planning and busy busy busy. Forest Bathing gets us into “alpha” state, associated with calm, creativity, intuition and “flow”. It has been scientifically proven to give rise to a range of health benefits such as reduced blood pressure, reduction in stress hormones, improved sleep, increases in anti-cancer proteins and reduced levels of anxiety, depression, anger and confusion too. With regular practice, the wonder, joy, curiosity and playfulness that Forest Bathing draws out of us can gradually start to infuse and enrich our everyday lives beyond the forest.
I﻿t can often be hard to step out of the busyness of 21st Century life and give time to nourishing ourselves and our relationships with our wild relatives. But when we give ourselves permission to slow down in this way, we receive such profound gifts of healing, aliveness and belonging that it develops its own momentum and before we know it we can’t imagine our lives without it. I’ve found that doing it in a group allows feelings of connection to develop much faster as we all share our experiences and learn from each other’s unique ways of seeing and being – as well as making it more fun!
I’m overjoyed to be working in collaboration with Warwickshire Wildlife Trust to offer these sessions at Clowes Wood Nature Reserve, one of the most beautiful and biodiverse woodlands in the Midlands. 10% of all ticket sales is donated to the Trust to help maintain the Woods for the benefit of wildlife and humans alike.
Please note that these sessions are not suitable for children or pets.
Accessibility information: There is a 15 minute scenic walk over uneven ground from the meeting point to the forest, and back again at the end. Once inside the forest there will be a little more walking at a slower pace, but the ground can be uneven, muddy, and in places a bit hilly. If you have any concerns about the level of physical activity involved please feel free to contact me on hello@healingearthways.co.uk.
A note on my sliding scale ticket pricing: I want to make Forest Bathing affordable to as many people as possible while being realistic about my own financial needs. To make this work sustainable I need to charge for it, but I also want to acknowledge that incomes vary widely and ensure as far as reasonably possible that cost isn’t a barrier to participation. I leave it up to each individual to honestly assess their range of affordability, no questions asked! To get the most ongoing benefit from Forest Bathing it’s recommended to participate in a long session like this at least once a month so if you enjoy it and want to come regularly, please feel free to pay what you can feel you can afford each month even if that varies.

INNER JOURNEY MEDITATION
2023-09-28 19:00 - 21:00 | WV8 1XE, The Haymarket, Tribe Cafe, Pendeford, England, WV8 1XE, United Kingdom
This powerful event guided by The Holistic Body shop, brings the opportunity for you to connect with yourself at a deeper level.

Allow yourself to journey through your body and mind, releasing what no longer serves. Bringing in rejuvenation of energy and vitality, healing and guidance, assisting you at a number of levels to walk forward with clarity and peace in your mind and heart.

No experience in necessary, just an open mind and heart.

Connecting with a beautiful group of people every session in a very special way.

Arrive by 6:50pm, bring a light blanket, pillow, water and yoga mat (some are available to use if you do not have your own mat)

Looking forward to seeing you there,

The Holistic Body Shop, supporting wellness of many levels
