Join us for a guided canalside walking class! A blend of balance, agility and stamina exercises in the peaceful setting of Pontypool Park.

Total Body Walking makes every step count with strength and balance exercises, walking loops, and WALX trekking poles and accessories. These sessions are designed specially to support walkers who wish to improve overall body movement, Health and fitness, turning walking into an activity which will stretch you with gentle challenges. Elements of cardio, strength, balance, agility and flexibility. It can especially help with Well-being, mental Helth and folks with neurological and physical challenges who could use extra support.

A WALX instructor will show you how to use pace to boost your walking workout. You'll learn how to traverse paths at your own pace with our support, if you feel able, handle off path terrain and extend your range week by week, keep yourself fit, well and challenged without pushing yourself too hard.

It's not all hard work though - a Total Body Walk is a chance to relax and connect, making friends and bonding in the quiet of the Park with its impressive trees and scenery.

Donate to Total Body Walk!

The Canal & River Trust’s Let’s Activity campaign is free to attend as part of our work as a waterways and wellbeing charity to help everyone get out, get active and make their lives better by water by encouraging health and well-being. You can now support the work our teams do with children and families and make a donation on our website here (https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/donate) or bringing a way donate to the session.

Booking, Returns and Policy

If you require any further info please email Hannah.cubie@canalrivertrust.org.uk

If you can no longer attend, please cancel your ticket via Eventbrite. This event is free for all participants who attend on the day. However, if you have booked on, subsequently fail to cancel and simply don’t show up on the day, you are liable to be invoiced for the standard £5.00 administration fee, chargeable for each ticket booked.

Therefore, if your circumstances do suddenly change and you find you are no longer able to attend, you must cancel using one of these three mechanisms:

• 1 The preferred method is via the Eventbrite ticket booking system using the link that you can find on your ticket. This can be found at the bottom of your ticket and has a link directly to “cancel my ticket”.

• 2 By email, hannah.cubie@canalrivertrust.org.uk giving details of date, time, venue and participants in your email message. Don’t email if within than 48hours of the event, instead please use option 1 above or in an emergency 3 below.

• 3 In the event of an unforeseen emergency within 48 hours of the event, by telephoning Hannah on 07789 398849.

We ask for your co-operation in this matter. This will allow others who would miss out to join us - and from our point of view, tickets mean funding and no-shows don't.

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