Free Six week courses (Seated Tai Chi / Health Improvement / Therapeutic Music & Song Writing)
These courses are specifically for people with Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions.
There are limited places and people should only book if attendees know they can attend all 6 sessions, but they can book more than one course if wanted.
Seated Tai Chi 6-week Self-Management course
When: Every Thursday January 11 – February 15, 2024
Time: 10am - 11am
Where: Online (via Zoom)
Delivered by: Mabli (Dr Maria Teresa Agozzino), Senior Instructor Woodragon Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi
Register at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seated-shibashi-tai-chi-6-week-course-registration-759694646137
Join us to see how Shibashi Tai Chi can help with the self-management of pain and improve mobility, through gentle controlled movements.
There are many benefits to keeping moving, but how can you do this if you have limited mobility? Our Seated Shibashi Tai Chi course will provide you with meaningful and lasting techniques for the self-management of pain and improved mobility, and provide a safe space for you to learn, practice and connect with others doing the same. These weekly classes (spread over 6 weeks) will include a warmup, instruction, practice time and a cool down, drawing on a variety of Qigong exercises and Tai Chi based moves that will optimise the health benefits of mindful movement in a seated position. Each week focus on particular moves from the Shibashi Set 1 (18 different moves) helping you to learn in a structured and enjoyable way, and to enable you to complete the full set of moves by the end of the course.
Health Improvement for Wellbeing Self-Management course
When: Every Wednesday January 17 – February 21, 2024
Time: 10.30am – 11.30am
Where: Online (via Teams)
Delivered by: The Health Improvement Team from Betsi Cadwalader University Health Board
Register at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-improvement-6-week-wellbeing-course-registration-759721486417
Join us as we look at how focusing on our lifestyle behaviours and making healthy choices can help ease arthritis symptoms and manage pain.
We all too often hear that we need to eat well, keep active and have a good night’s sleep to help keep ourselves healthy, but it isn't always that easy is it?! Especially if we've fallen into bad habits when it comes to convenience food, or we always seem to lack the time or energy to exercise, or we never seem to get a good night’s sleep and when you add in arthritis related pain to the equation then how can we make this work?
Our Health Improvement 6-week course will help you to look at behaviour change and goal setting, meal planning and eating well, ways to keep active and sleep better, as well as building healthy habits and routines into your life. Run by the health improvement team from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board they will lead you through this course and help you to make positive changes and set achievable goals to benefit your health and wellbeing.
Therapeutic Music & Song Writing Self-Management course
When: Every Monday February 19 - March 25, 2024
Time: 2pm – 3pm
Where: Online (via Zoom)
Delivered by: Catherine Nunn (Music Anywhere CIC) & Holly Tamar (Swan Song Project).
To Register, contact: walesupoort@versusarthritis.org
Join us to learn how you can use music and song writing to self-manage pain. From improving your physical health through moving to the rhythm to how you can use song writing to support your mental wellbeing. “One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain.” – Bob Marley
Music is an amazing way to support your health and wellbeing, it gets us moving, find ways to express ourselves and have fun whilst doing it! By the end of the six-week course, you’ll have found some great techniques to play with to make writing enjoyable, but we’ll also listen to music to hear how it’s structured, how it comes together and what people write about most. If your dexterity is difficult, you are welcome to use any tool that works for you, or just take part, there’s no pressure to share your creations.
Joining us will be Cat Nunn, singer, writer and founder of Music Anywhere and Holly Tamar, singer, guitarist and independent songwriter, who works with the Swan Song Project to support people to bring their music to life.
For more information on how music soothes the soul and the helps us manage pain, see https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/oct/25/listening-to-moving-music-may-reduce-pain-study-says