Move For Your Mind
(Active Essex x Mind in Essex)
Get active, boost your wellbeing, and step into a lifestyle that lifts you up every single day.
We’ve partnered with Active Essex to bring the Find Your Active: Move for your Mind campaign to our communities, creating more opportunities to stay active, feel good, and support your mental health.
Why movement matters
According to national Mind, moving more is good for our physical and mental health. Movement stimulates the release of endorphins – your body’s natural happiness boosters – helping to build resilience and leaving you feeling more balanced, energised, and ready to take on life’s challenges with a clearer mind. It can also help to:
- Manage stress
- Improve sleep
- Boost your mood
- Increase your confidence
- Manage symptoms of depression and anxiety
- Improve memory and brain function
- Improve heart, muscle and bone health
- Reduce the risk of developing some long-term conditions
We know that there are times when getting active feels difficult, especially if you’re living with chronic pain or a mental health condition that affects motivation. Others may find themselves over-exercising or navigating challenges such as an eating disorder or body dysmorphic disorder, which can also make movement feel complicated.
If you are living with a condition, you may want to speak to your GP or a health professional before you get started, to make sure you begin exercising in a safe way.
Get active with us!
Take a step towards better mental health by joining our regular outdoor activities, including:
- Walking Group – Harlow: Every Tuesday, 12pm-2pm. Meet at the War Memorial next to the Greyhound pub, in Harlow Town Park, walk for 30-45mins around the park with some hills, followed by refreshments at the Spurriers House Café. This group is free – register here.
- Our Walk and Talk event for Time to Talk Day on Thursday, February 5th. This will begin and end at our new Mind Sanctuary hub on Potter Street, Harlow. Details TBC.
We are planning other activities and groups, too! We’ll share more information soon.
