This Activity is part of the Torbay On The Move project in Torbay, Torbay on the Move is commissioned by Torbay Council & supported by Active Devon & is are two £2 session offerings although concessions are available.
Here is a bit of background on Dee your UK Athletics Run Leader and PCI Level Yoga & Breathing Instructor.
Every session is held outdoors to take advantage of the brilliant quality destinations we have across Torbay. Being outdoors "is an effective complement or alternative to drugs and psychotherapy" & "improves a range of physical and cognitive outcomes" - so stated a Meta-Analysis BMJ Article published 2024*. Green spaces boosting phytocides, negative air ions and Mindful recovery - you can find out more on this via Real Life Psychology's Train the Brain Booklet.
Dee is a UK Athletics Affiliated Run Lead. with experience of over 20 years of runs, having completed 4 Marathons and over 27 Half Marathons. In 2025 Yoga was updated to PCI Level. Dee was Connected to Park Yoga for 3 years prior to 2025 holding groups of Circa 100, she also works in an aligned way actively to PURE Gym Torquay & Teignbridge Leisure holding 6 evening and daytime sessions over the course of a week, also including Pilates and FitSteps as well as Yoga. She is also a PCI Level Yoga & Breathing Instructor, with the Step One Charity.
Dee is a Multi-Agency trained Recovery Practitioner, who in addition to the above Facilitates HOPE Programs & Yoga4MentalHealth plus programs aligned to the BeWell@StepOne Platform. She also worked with Torbay Healthy Lifestyles for just shy of 9 years previous to her 3 years tenure with The Step One Charity. As of May 2025 she led on the Wellbeing@Work Yoga4NHS segment of her program, that at the time provided 6 CPD points to NHS Employees aligned to their Wellbeing, is free-of-charge and affiliated to the Royal College of GPs, this is still an active part of the Commercial Offering to organizations to alter Culture in Business. She ran Wellbeing Yoga for 2.5 years and for nearly a year is in charge of Yoga4MentalHealth, a program she has executed on behalf of the Charity.
The Group is Fully Insured, Routes are Risk Assessed and routinely checked, a fully trained First Aider is in charge and all necessary qualifications are in place.
Sessions are FREE or donatable.
* Enhancing Depression Management: The Role of Yoga as an Adjunctive Therapy, Not a Replacement for Pharmacotherapy | The BMJ
Dee is intending to sea swim around Thatchers Rock in 2026 from Meadfoot Beach in aid of the Rowcroft Hospice in May and is training independently in addition to the above group and opportunities.