Netham Park Nordic walking diabetes wellbeing courses

Our new free Nordic walking diabetes wellbeing programme for people with Type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes starts this April in Netham Park. It will be run by Subitha and Samira…

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Nordic Walking like a Nomad

During a recent Wednesday morning Nordic Walking class- for ‘graduates’ of our courses or Beginner’s workshops- we all tried out a distinctive breathing technique: le Marche d’Afghan (Afghan walking). Intrigued? Read on.…

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Why a lemon a day is good for your foot health

Nordic Walking has opened my eyes to the wonder of my feet. Nearly a quarter of our body’s bones are in our feet. Each foot is made up of a…

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Improve your balance and live longer
Single leg balance

Improve your balance and live longer

Today's papers are full of a study on balance which found that people over the age of 50 who can't stand on one leg for 10 seconds or longer were…

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Neck pain and Nordic walking

I’ve been running a series of Nordic walking tasters this week as part of the Bristol Walk Fest and at one of the workshops someone asked if Nordic walking could…

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Walk the winter blues away

I don't know about you, but my mood is often influenced by the state of the weather and none more so than during January and February. It was bright and…

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