About
A fascinating and holistic mind/body exercise system which uses wooden balls to gently exercise the whole body. Rooted in the health and longevity movement arts of ancient China, these basic routines are easy to learn and fun to practice. Specifically, the exercises help to mobilise and strengthen all of the joints of the body through gentle whole body movements focused on relaxed circular, rolling and spiralling patterns of expression. Participants are encouraged to be mindful of postural and biomechanical alignments, and to move in harmony with their breath to promote a sense of relaxed energy and vitality. As well as being physically effective (building strength, flexibility and endurance), the exercises can help release tension in the nerves, enabling deep relaxation and helping reduce potentially damaging mental and emotional stress.
♥ – Easy – Suitable for beginners and getting back to exercise
Be Active
Our Be Active active programme offers sessions in our Wellbeing Rooms and are delivered in 8 week blocks. The sessions take place throughout the year but we generally offer more sessions during the term time period when more people are on campus.
Each session is rated based on the level of intensity in the class so you can choose what is right for you.
Armitage Classes
Our classes at the Armitage Centre take place in our fitness spaces including our purpose made class studio. Our classes take place all year round and are free to members or you can pay as you go.
Fitness classes are generally led by an instructor however we also offer virtual classes in our studio so if we don’t have a class just at the right time for you, you can still come in and enjoy a workout with all the help and motivation provided by our state of the art Wexer system.
Active Anywhere
We encourage everyone to get #ActiveAnywhere and offer a lot of support for you to be active. We have a range of events through the year in addition to weekly activity and this year we have a fantastic online offer for you to get involved with.
Our online classes take place via Zoom for you to enjoy and all information is on our timetables for you to login from anywhere and get involved.
Further information
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+44 (0)161 529 4444
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