Lazza and Marie with the Yoga teacher
Eagle Project - Wed 5th December
Posted 3:00pm
Another one of our "added value" opportunities is the way we can network with other organisations in a different. I have been on courses myself where they have mentioned other intervention options, but then admit that they have not seen them first hand.
HMHB believes in promoting as many programs and events as possible - as long as they can help service users get back into life quicker, with more confidence, and is relevant to our own values.
The Eagle Project in Islington is one such project. It is set up for people who have come through various recovery programmes, and is there to try and keep people motivated and inspired to continue pushing forward, offering a variety of sessions.
One of these is a Yoga session on a Wednesday afternoon. Lazza felt this is something we would like to promote, and therefore needed to experience the hour long class for himself. Accompanied by our service user Marie, we did that firstly three weeks ago, But they changed venue that week, and it is now out of 28B King Henry Walk - off Balls Pond Road near to Mildmay. We went back yesterday afternoon.
It was a really good experience. The teacher is fantastic - calmly leading the group through various poses of stretching and balance, concentrating on breathing and calmness. It is not easy. For example, we were doing a "warrior" pose, which involved a standing balance, breathing control, and muscle work. I have to say we enjoyed the session very much, and aim to come as many Wednesdays as possible. We even stayed for some nibbles and a difficult quiz (many guesses).
We encouraged Eagle users to use our Saturday fitness sessions, and I hope some do turn up. The time of 9am was mentioned, but if people were going on holiday with early flights, or had an important operation booked for a morning, they would manage that time for those events, so why should it be different for a gym session? It's all about how badly people want to improve their health.
Finally, we had another lovely walk today. Seven of us went round Clissold Park. A small wind, with a threat of rain, but we banned all talk of Brexit, and just enjoyed the company. Lazza admits he is still the only person this year who has managed to put on weight doing these walks, but that will change soon. Lol.
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