Latest Government Advice

The latest government advice now allows people to exercise more than once a day as long as social distancing guidelines are followed, alone, with members of their household, or with one person from outside of their household.

Exercise is still confided to groups of no more than two people, unless exercising with members of the same household. Sport England have further collated key information in relation to sport and physical activity guidelines and to read more about what you 'can' and 'cannot' do since the latest government guidelines please click here.

Many facilities associated with outdoor sports and physical activities can now reopen, if those responsible for them feel ready to do so and if they can do so safely. Each venue, including council-owned sports facilities, should make their own decisions about when their facilities are ready. To find out more information and guidance please click here.

Now more than ever, it is so important to keep active and to look after our mental health, therefore we have put together the Dorset Daily Dose whereby we will share, create and connect top tips to help you get your daily dose of physical activity and look after your mental wellbeing.

Each day will provide a daily dose of:

• Top tips to keep active
• Challenges and tasks for your body and mind
• Connecting people and their stories

We'd love to her how you are keeping active and looking after your wellbeing, so please share your creative ideas with us on social media using #DorsetDailyDose

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Adaptive Yoga with WheelPower

Posted: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:36

Yoga is a safe and effective way to increase strength, flexibility and your balance that can lead to improvements in both your physical and mental wellbeing.

WheelPower believe that lives can be transformed through sport and physical activity and have launched a series of Adaptive Yoga videos for wheelchair users to exercise from the comfort of their homes.

As a wheelchair user the benefits of Yoga can be seen in your mind, body and spirit. Some of these benefits include:

• Increased flexibility & coordination
• Improving muscle strength, tone and balance.
• Minimises the chance of injury.
• Reduces stress
• Feel healthier and more energised.

These videos last approximately 30 minutes. Put on some comfortable clothing that allow for movement, find yourselves a small space within your home and away you go.

Click here to try a class.

Tags: Home Workouts