Courses for wellbeing, physical and mental health 

We all could do with living a bit healthier.  Whether it is finding ways to become more active, to improving your mental health.  Our wellbeing courses can help you become happier and healthier. Mindfulness courses can help you manage your day-to-day wellbeing and meditation can help you find your inner calm.  Improve your mental and physical fitness through gentle exercise.

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Healthy body, healthy mind

Our courses can help you find ways to manage anxiety or be kinder to yourself. Learn how to deal with stress and difficult emotions, discover new techniques to find calmness. From trying out a yoga class to dealing with stress and anxiety, find a course for you. Our tutors are friendly and supportive, you’ll find fun new ways to improve your health. 

At a time when the world can feel a bit overwhelming, our courses can help you manage your worries and find a happier you.

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Personal Development: Gratitude journalling

Deepen Your Mindfulness Practice: Intermediate Level Ready to take your mindfulness journey to the next level? This 6-week course builds upon your existing knowledge and techniques, empowering you to significantly reduce stress and enhance overall well-being. Explore powerful practices like mindful breathing, cultivating a mindful brain, and integrating mindfulness into daily activities. Discover how just a few minutes a day can transform your busy life, fostering inner calm and reducing stress levels.

Course Information

Dates:
Wed 06/11/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024
Times:
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Duration:
14 sessions
Location:
KCU Ltd at Fuller Church (Kettering)
51 Gold Street
Kettering
NN16 8JB
Tutor:
Caroline Smy
Course code:
Q00016622
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £58.80

Ways to Wellbeing

To support and improve wellbeing through creativity.

Course Information

Dates:
Wed 06/11/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024
Times:
9:30am - 11:30am
Duration:
7 sessions
Location:
Face of Beauty Training
66 Westoe Road
South Shields
NE33 4LU
Tutor:
Lesley McDonald
Course code:
Q00019582
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £58.80

Fitness & Exercise: Pilates for beginners

This FREE 10-week Pilates course offers a comprehensive introduction to the core principles of Pilates, focusing on building strength, improving flexibility, and enhancing the mind-body connection. Designed for beginners through intermediate levels, the course will guide participants through a series of low-impact exercises that promote proper alignment, breathing techniques, and controlled movements. This course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to integrate Pilates into your regular fitness routine, helping you achieve a balanced, strong, and flexible body. Materials required: Pilates mat and comfortable clothing. Materials can be provided by your tutor, so please don’t worry if you haven’t got a mat.

Course Information

Dates:
Wed 06/11/2024 -
Wed 22/01/2025
Times:
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Duration:
10 sessions
Location:
Horden Centennial Centre
7th Street
Horden
Peterlee
SR8 4LX
Tutor:
Guest Speaker
Course code:
Q00019057
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee:
Free

Fitness and Exercise: Yoga to improve core strength

Would you like to improve your core strength? This yoga course will help you to identify and locate the muscles that form the core, and help you to understand that a stronger core stabilises the spine and improves our balance. You will practice a range of accessible postures that help to build core strength in a safe way and also improve core muscle flexibility. Each session will focus on warming up safely for posture practice and a balanced range of postures that help to build core strength and flexibility. You will learn how breathing influences the muscles of the core. Each session will end with a relaxation.

Course Information

Dates:
Thu 07/11/2024 -
Thu 12/12/2024
Times:
10:00am - 11:45am
Duration:
6 sessions
Location:
Kagyu Samye Dzong Scarborough
Londesborough Lodge
The Crescent
Scarborough
YO11 2PW
Tutor:
Nicola Bailey
Course code:
Q00018225
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
0 places remaining
Status:
Waiting list
Fee range
Free to £44.10

Personal Development: Skincare and Makeup for Beginners

On this course for beginners you will look at simple skincare and makeup for women, focussing on natural ingredients and items you may have at home. By combining theory with practical skills, this course empowers individuals to make informed choices, promoting healthier skin and to gain the skills to apply makeup to a good level. There will be an enrolment session on 5th September at 10-2. Please bring photographic ID, proof of address and proof of benefits (if applicable). Learners cannot attend the first session of the course unless fully enrolled.

Course Information

Dates:
Thu 07/11/2024 -
Fri 13/12/2024
Times:
12:30pm - 2:30pm
Duration:
12 sessions
Location:
Millan Centre (Bradford)
Victor Street
Bradford
BD9 4RA
Tutor:
Sheeba Khan
Course code:
Q00011581
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £84.00

Fitness and Exercise: Yoga to support a healthy back

Yoga is a wonderful practice that supports our physical and mental well-being. This course will allow you to enjoy all the benefits of yoga whilst taking a deeper focus on yoga practices that help to keep your back healthy. Most people suffer from back ache or pain at some point in their lives. Practicing yoga is a good strategy to both prevent and manage back ache. You will learn practices that help to relieve tension and improve back strength and flexibility. Yoga is a non-competitive practice for everyone, you will be encouraged to move with care for your own body, adapting practices to meet your individual needs in a supportive learning environment.

Course Information

Dates:
Fri 08/11/2024 -
Fri 13/12/2024
Times:
9:30am - 11:00am
Duration:
6 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Nicola Bailey
Course code:
Q00018222
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £37.00

Healthy Living: Mindful Relaxation techniques to relieve physical tension

Would you like to improve your ability to relax to support your own well-being? This course will focus on supporting you to relieve physical tension in your body. Often, stress can cause physical tension in the body, with practice we can learn to ease this tension through relaxation. We will focus on improving body awareness to improve comfort and mindful movements to release tension. You will learn to ease tension through breath awareness and sound release. All sessions will end with a guided relaxation practice. Everyone can improve their ability to relax, why not give it a try?

Course Information

Dates:
Fri 08/11/2024 -
Fri 13/12/2024
Times:
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Duration:
6 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Nicola Bailey
Course code:
Q00018248
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £33.30

Managing Stress and Anxiety

Would you like to learn techniques to relax and wind down? When we’re stressed or anxious it’s hard to feel calm. Anxiety affects over 8 million people in the UK at any time. But you don’t have to live with constant stress or anxiety. There are simple techniques you can learn to manage it. This stress management course is ideal if you want to learn habits to reduce stress and anxiety. It can help you lead a healthier and fuller life

Course Information

Dates:
Fri 08/11/2024 -
Fri 08/11/2024
Times:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Duration:
1 sessions
Location:
Riverside Community Health Project (Newc
Carnegie Building
Atkinson Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 8XS
Tutor:
Julia Charlton
Course code:
Q00019029
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £8.40

Fitness and Exercise: Seated Yoga

Did you know yoga can help you get stronger and more flexible, no matter your age or abilities? There are yoga courses for all levels and needs. Even if you can’t take part in a standing class, this beginner’s yoga course can help you gain mobility without taking a toll on your joints. Seated yoga is perfect for you if you’d have difficulty following a regular yoga lesson. Whether you have mobility issues or chronic fatigue, this yoga course can help you reduce stiffness in your joints and learn to relax. Enjoy the practice of yoga from a chair. This course is perfect for you if you want to do exercise appropriate for reduced mobility. The first thing you’ll learn is that yoga is about so much more than bending into complicated poses. Understand basic breathing and meditation techniques as you take the first steps into self-care

Course Information

Dates:
Tue 12/11/2024 -
Tue 03/12/2024
Times:
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Duration:
4 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Georgia Daniel
Course code:
Q00016950
How you'll learn:
In venue
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £37.80

Healthy Living: Ways to Wellbeing; Meditation and Seated Yoga

Seated yoga is a wonderful way to start your day. Mindfulness is a technique you can learn which involves noticing what is happening in the present moment, without any judgement of self or others. You might take a moment to notice and be aware of your mind, how your body is communicating with you and your surroundings. This deeply relaxing technique has roots in Buddhism. Join me in this very relaxed and friendly session to find more flexibility and some inner peace. · become more self-aware · feel calmer and less stressed · feel more able to choose how to respond to your thoughts and feelings · cope with difficult or unhelpful thoughts · be kinder towards yourself.

Course Information

Dates:
Wed 13/11/2024 -
Wed 18/12/2024
Times:
9:00am - 10:30am
Duration:
5 sessions
Location:
Online
Tutor:
Georgia Daniel
Course code:
Q00017016
How you'll learn:
Online
Availability:
10+ places remaining
Status:
Available
Fee range
Free to £27.75