We were joined again today by Mike Kewley for another spot of Mid-Week Mindfulness. Despite the fact his wellbeing festival 'Mindful Mann' is just days away, Mike was still fantastically calm and collected - a testament to his practice, clearly! He reminded us all about the festival, the speakers and the logistics for anyone wanting to attend - find out more here. This week's short mindful practice is called 'Full Stop', teaching us to let go and realise that everything carries on regardless - which is a big relief! You can find it on Youtube (see below) and you can subscribe and download it on our podcast page here.
Good sport that he is, Mike also took part in this month's Paracise practice with Donna Whalley. Today's session, which you can watch below, was to the brilliantly uplifting tune 'River of Dreams' by Billy Joel. “The Waves” is a firm class favourite, usually introduced a bit later on in a Paracise class, once everyone is warmed up. Donna adds: "This track adds directional change and weight shifting from leg to leg with a big mobility move through the upper body incorporating lots of muscle groups. We have the opportunity to take this up (e.g. by adding a small knee bend with the Breaststroke which adds activation of the leg muscles) or this track lends itself very well to being carried out seated, which some people do in the classes."
You can find out more about the classes by following Donna on her Facebook page here, or if you have any questions for her you can text 492132 or email donnawhalley@hotmail.co.uk
Also today, we heard more about wonderful Manx charity 'The Children's Centre', as Joff Whitten explained who the charity is for, what their goals are for the future and told us about the wonderful opportunities afforded by the Community Farm. Find out more about them on their website here.
we had more of your fabulous music choices in 'Songs that Sum You Up'; our Soul Starter today came from Beverly Knight with her brilliant 2010 single 'Soul Survivor' and the Jukebox was a battle between pop babes Britney and birthday girl Ariana Grande, with Ariana's recent hit 'One Last Time' winning out
If you missed any part of today's programme you can listen again at this link for the next 7 days.
