A few GoodGym members came to do online yoga.

Yoga talk

Flow is arguably the most productive state of mind. It’s when you’re the most focused on a task showing great skill and working at a more subconscious level. Being Unconsciously competent. You will notice that Time will pass quickly. It’s tricky to do because the mind is full of distracting thoughts that take away from the more productive single-minded flow. Overtime and with practice you will be the best judge of how to get to a flow state. Focusing on breath, balance and precise movements is one way of initiating flow in Yoga. Try closing your eyes or fixing your gaze or are you using your imagination to paint a picture in your mind or monitoring your body movements in detail.

Last night we had an outstanding octet of GoodGymmers running up and down a big hill (twice) and bagging a good deed in the process.

We met at the Bridge House, shared our dream living location (because the weather lately has been pretty dreary) and then we made our way up CP Park Road before descending to our task.

Lots of drama in this weeks task...

We met Jack (and Hannah and Alex) at the pretty damn impressive Kingswood House, a Manor House located in the middle of a housing estate. Mad. Jack gave us the lowdown on how he’d pitched a project turning the unused space into a community arts hub. It’s gonna be really cool.

Caught in the act.

His task for us involved moving a whole lot of furniture. There was a big room full of it, some which needed moving to other parts of the building and the rest which needed to be rearranged to sit more snugly in the room.

🪑 First up we piled up and moved the chairs to one side of the room. Clare exclusively moved the wheely chairs.

🔩 Then we shifted some dismantled shelves downstairs as well as some big metal tables.

🪖 Hannah and Alex found an old knights helmet. This was not part of the brief but it looked nice (see pics) despite smelling awful apparently.

Chain mail...

🔗 We finished off moving all the shelving and tables into the basement via a well coordinated human chain. The conveyor belt system worked a dream and we sent all the gear downstairs, with time to visit a super creepy room where a dog had clearly been scratching at the door :(

We bid Jack farewell and headed home with some more excellent jogging up and over the hill.

Amazing stuff everyone! ✌️

A few GoodGym members came together for online yoga.

Yoga talk

yoga promotes cardiovascular health: Yoga practices that involve dynamic movements and controlled breathing, such as vinyasa flow, have been found to improve cardiovascular health by increasing heart rate and improving circulation.

Cat, Ria and Hannah joined the friendly Friends of Kelsey Park to yank out some brambles and protect the dogwood! Highlights included the snazzy bright vests some of us got to wear, the new hori-hori cutting tool, and the handsome frog we spotted. A fun morning and we should be back again in a few weeks' time!

Mark, Ian and Hannah met at the Emmanuel URC church in West Wickham with sky-high aims of laying out insulation in one of the lofts!

With no time for woolly thinking, all three set to work maneuvering the nice squishy rolls of eco-friendly recycled insulation up the hatch - along with some boards to lay across the beams and stand on, and thus avoid poking any legs through the newly repaired ceiling. Then it was time to get rolling with the unrolling, while also attempting not to bump heads too much on the rafters or get too confused by the different thicknesses and wideness-es of the strips.

Two admired ancient wasp nests and one very kindly offered tea and vegan cookie break later, we were done. All great news for the church and the environment - and a whole loft of fun as well : )

A chilly Saturday morning but we soon warmed up after a good bit of digging and manure-ing! Hannah, Sami and Alex (2nd ever task and 1st with GG Bromley!) joined a great crew of teachers, parents, kids and other fans of Haseltine Primary School in Bell Green to plant trees for a mini forest just by the school. Lots of earth turning, hole digging, sapling planting and worm discovering on the menu. Great work and we’ll be back again for the 13 March group run! https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/group-run-spreading-manure-and-watering-new-saplings