By WALX Derwent and Dales at
How safe are you feeling?
We wanted to take some time to address and acknowledge how many of us may be feeling right now as we start to come out of the final lockdown restrictions this month.
If you are suffering from social anxiety – that’s ok – it’s part of being human. The anticipated changes and readjustment of these changes, can pose real challenges for our mental wellness.
Many of us are still to resume many of our normal daily activities and it is still suggested that it will take some period of time yet, to gently kick-start the lives we used to lead. So in this article, we are offering some top tips on how to ease your way back in:
Exercising is one of the most effective anti-anxiety treatments we can do and exercising outdoors allows us to organically combine mindfulness and exercise in one. It is also for many, a much more comfortable, safer environment to exercise outdoors in than indoors in a gym.
So going forwards, as more of you start to re-join our Walx classes and our wonderful carboot cafés once again, I want to reassure you of our customer safety promise to you:
We are always listening to you and are happy to discuss what other measures we could put in place to make you feel confident in rediscovering the joy of walking in our beautiful county!
Look forward to hearing your thoughts and seeing you all soon. Let’s get walking!