Wellness Weekend
Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th July 2022
Come along and try a range of activities or simply wind down and relax on the Pier, with 
the beautiful views of Swanage Bay as your backdrop.
Swanage Pier Trust are excited to be launching this brand-new wellness weekend. Working with Yoga instructors Helen McCabe and Sandra Charlton, Paddleboard Yoga instructor Anna Barrow, Phil Palmer from Pierhead Watersports and Local Artist Heidi Steller. The Wellness Weekend will be packed with plenty of activities to suit all different interests. Choose a day pass for £30 or £55 for the whole weekend and try as many activities as you can fit in!
Read on to find out what is on offer….
Saturday 16th July
* full details below on each activity
Sunday 17th July
* full details below on each activity
£30.00 per day, includes as many activities as you like, depending on availability
£55.00 for the weekend, includes as many activities as you like, depending on availability
Yoga (one hour session) @ £10.00 per person per session
Yoga Taster @ £5.00 per person per session
Paddleboard Yoga @ £20.00 per person
Drawing Workshop @ £10.00 per person
Taster Session of either Kayaking or Paddleboarding @ £20.00 per person (minimum of 2 people)
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The hour long and shorter taster sessions on both days will include an introduction to simple breathing techniques, some standing and seated postures and a guided 
relaxation.
Each session will start with a short guided breath awareness practice and somatic movement awareness. You will then be guided through a series of movements and asanas (postures), exploring variations to support everyone to find a way to move that feels comfortable in their own bodies. The end of each class will include a short, guided relaxation (Have a warm blanket and layers close by and any cushions or props that you would like to use). We are all beautifully unique and our practice will look and feel differently to each of us. We encourage everyone to honour their own body, exploring variations of each movement that feel supportive for you as we develop a curiosity about how it feels to move and breath with awareness. Postural Yoga practices should ultimately be steady and easeful.
All levels and abilities are welcome.
Further information
Yoga at the Space
Build strength, improve balance and get playful on your board with Anna.
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Board and wetsuit provided
Open to all levels
Three Tree Yoga
Stand up paddleboarding is fun, safe and everyone needs to try it once. Learn the basics 
of the strokes and be standing up and paddling by the end of the session.
Learn the basic skills and gain the confidence to go kayaking, within this session you will learn the correct paddling technique’s and learn some basic safety to give you the confidence to join the world of kayaking.
Pierhead Watersport
Join Heidi to explore a meditative approach to drawing inspired by the beauty of the pier and the nature around it.
This will be an opportunity to tap into your creativity without pressure or expectation, just celebrating the marks you make and enjoying the simple process of drawing.
Heidi will guide you through a series of drawing exercises and ideas to help you get the most out of your session.
All materials will be provided, although if you have a sketchbook that you would like to work in please do bring it along.
Heidi Steller
Join landscape poet and writer Sarah Acton for two bite-size interactive writing workshops for wellbeing. With a focus on creative resilience, we will 
enjoy gentle movement outdoors (walking or yoga), listen to short readings and share ideas and creative conversation together.
Sarah will offer fun and playful exercises to explore writing and thinking about senses, response to landscape in and around us, and being together on the Pier at the seaside in high summer.
Pens and paper provided.
Sarah Acton
The nature of the location, does mean that the floor surface is not as even as an indoor floor, which you need to be mindful of. Please dress in clothes that are comfortable to move about in. We are also exposed to the elements and hopefully will be blessed with warm sunny mornings but do please come prepared with layers for extra warmth and hat / sunscreen, as appropriate for the weather.
If the weather is too wet, wild, and woolly the class will be cancelled, and we will let you know via telephone and email. As a courtesy to your fellow practitioners and so that you have time to settle in and be ready, we ask that you please arrive a few minutes before each workshop starts.
You may not be able to join the class once it has started. If you feel ill or have any covid-19 like symptoms we ask that you do not attend classes. In the event of this happening, please cancel your space by contacting activities@swanagepiertrust.com .