Face-to-face events are currently suspended due to the Covid-19 measures. In the meantime, a live online class run by our Instructor, Trevor Jones, takes place on Thursdays from 12:00-13:00

To take part you need the following:

• internet access (wifi or mobile data)
• some form of screen device to join the live stream session – pc (with webcam), tablet, smartphone etc
• to download the Zoom App
• some space in your house (1 square metre minimum), or garden if you prefer
• bottles of water/tins of soup etc available for weights otherwise no specialist exercise equipment is necessary
• a sturdy dining chair for balance, seated exercises and sit-to-stands etc

Under normal cicrumstances:

This weekly group is run by Edinburgh Branch of Parkinson's UK. The Instructor is fully qualified and very exprienced authority, Trevor Jones.

Places are available for Edinburgh Branch members and care partners. Sessions are free and poles are provided.

Time: Thursdays, 12 noon till 1pm

Meeting Place: The Meadows, Edinburgh. We meet at the Pavilion Café, Jawbone Walk, EH9 1JU

If you wish to take part, please contact Julia Melton in the first instance, either by email to julia@edinburghparkinsons.org or by phone: 0131 445 2500.

Bill Wright comments, “I took the training course in Nordic Walking (NW) a year ago and although I haven’t done as much as I wished, when I do, I find it invigorating and therapeutic. The major benefits are in my posture, left arm mobility, cardiovascular fitness and co-ordination. After the initial training, NW is a bit like marching, you swing your arms up before bringing the pole down onto the ground. This gives the upper body exercise as well as the legs and, if like me, you have one arm which doesn’t work so well when you are walking, this gets it moving! Once you get the hang of it, there’s also a range of weekly walks run by Trevor. These vary in length and fitness level required: my favourite is Portobello Beach on a Thursday morning – a bracing walk along the beach for an hour starting at 10am.”

Trevor’s website is www.getmefitquick.co.uk/nordic-walking.

You can see the Edinburgh Branch in action in a short short video on the branch website: http://www.getmefitquick.co.uk/nordic-walking/