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Chris Jolliffe our Health and Fitness Ambassador has produced this video for us for World Arthritis Day. If you would like to meet Chris and enjoy a session of gentle pilates, a walk on the beach, a talk by Minil Patel with a picnic lunch. Join us in Bournemouth on Sunday 25th October. Email Lynne@exercisingkindness.co.uk for more details and to book www.backtofitness.info

Our Health and Fitness Ambassador Chris Jolliffe has produced a short video of exercises to help prevent falls. As Autumn begins to creep in and conditions underfoot can become more challenging, here are a few tips to keep us all on our feet. www.backtofitness.info

To mark National Fitness Day, our Health and Fitness Ambassador Chris Jolliffe has put together a short video with 3 spine strengthening exercises. It is the first of many that he will be producing and they will normally be just for members but we wanted to share this one with you all, to give you a chance to see one of the benefits of membership and to encourage each of us to look after our bodies in small ways each day. Membership starts from £7 a month and every penny goes

WOW, we have some amazing news to announce! Welcome Dr. Ishani Rao as Exercising Kindness' Health & Wellbeing Ambassador! A beautiful note from Dr. Ishani just for our members ⬇️ My name is Dr Ishani Rao and I am honoured to become the Ambassador for Health and Wellbeing for Exercising Kindness! I am a full time NHS GP but my passion is in marine conservation, community building, animal rights, and caring for our mental health. I believe that through giving back- to pe

(Not) Exercising (but plenty of) Kindness Lucky me – I’ve just spent a few days at Safe Haven for Donkeys’ wonderful sanctuary in Israel and I thought of you! You are all about exercising and all about kindness and I thought you may like to see a few pictures of donkeys exercising – except exercising is not their strong point! So here are a few of donkeys doing what they are supremely good at – NOT exercising. Unlike so many working donkeys who seldom get a chance to rest our

Thank you to everyone who shared their rescue dog stories. Here are three more for us to enjoy. We have made donations to Nowzad, Saving Strays, MiaPlus7, Canis Canis and A New Lead On Life- North West Rescue as a thank you for all they do and each dog will be receiving a Vegan Happy Towel and treats thanks to Lorri. ESSIE by Suzy Penn Last Autumn when i was in Sarajevo , we were in a supermarket when we found a little Jack Russell who we called Storm. He had walked in, soaki

As International Dog Day approaches and we celebrate the wonderful companionship and joy dogs bring to our lives we can't help but think too of the 200 million stray dogs that are suffering around the word. So here are a few stories of dogs that have found love and a second chance at life and the wonderful people who sacrifice so much to save and rescue them. Lucky by Ruth Sanderson I first met Lucky on 19th May 2023. He was at the kennels of Kanita Sofic in Zenica, Bosnia an

Making the impossible possible... Some of the Exercising Kindness team partnered with Animal Asia supporters and local runners to walk/run around Petersfield Lake 137 times in 3 days One lap for each bear awaiting urgent rescue from a bear bile farm in Vietnam. It really is a race against time as many of the bears are in poor health. it was a wonderful team effort by 15 walkers.. 11 runners... 4 cyclists (who pushed their bikes round) and 5 dogs. we actually covered over 200

Keeping your body at its best when gardening Gardening is a simple way to stay active, connect with your surroundings, and support both physical and mental wellbeing. Whether you’re returning to it after some time away or you’re out there most weeks, a little awareness can help you move in a way that’s kinder to your body. If you’re getting back into gardening after a break, it’s easy to underestimate how physical gardening can be. Tasks like digging, lifting, and weeding inv

Today we celebrate the gift of running and how much it means to so many of us. Whether we are casual joggers, speed merchants, marathon runners or run just for the sheer joy of getting out in the open. Running can be a great companion taking us on exciting journeys, introducing us to new friends and giving us time and space to clear our minds of all lifes' clutter. Each of us has a different reason for running Vijay 'I run to keep my mind and body fit and healthy enough to k

Thank you donkeys! On World Donkey Day I salute you. Every day should be your day! Millions of people should be thanking you. You are so important – playing a part in no less than 8 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Goals, yet largely ignored in in terms of legal protection. More than 90% of you live in developing countries where you play a fundamental part in the rural economy. Without you how would a subsistence farmer in Africa get his goods to market to provide an inco

What a cool bit of kit – the Feet , masterpieces of engineering. The feet love to articulate, whether you are standing on tiptoes, or you are taking them for a walk! So for A few Top Tips... STARTING FROM THE INSIDE Skin layer General guide: if your skin has a tendency to be moist, dust lightly with powder.If your skin is dry, then moisturise with a simple cream that absorbs readily. If you have skin that is more fragile , has old areas of scarring, or old blister sites – the

We are delighted that VEGAN Happy Clothing is doing a fundraiser for us on FaceBook and you can find the link to it HERE . There are almost 60 items in the Auction of brand new VEGAN Happy items that funds will also be split with The Farm Animal Sanctuary , where VEGAN Happy have some rescue sheep Star and Oscar, but on top, the sanctuary have rescued so many new faces recently, they are in desperate need of some funds to help top up their feed buckets! Lorri from VEGAN Ha

Welcome to Exercising Kindness and thank you for joining us. We hope you find some exercises and challenge that suit you and we look forward to seeing how much we can raise together for the animal charities that we all love so much. if you are on facebook you can follow us there and post pictures of your journey and the special places that you walk and run in. We will send regular updates via our newsletter but we have a few things to tell you about in these early days. Some