The Bear Hunt Collective

We’ll be leading a Yoga4Heath course in October in Chingford East London. Get in touch if you think this maybe the course for you!

The Yoga4Health course is an NHS backed evidenced protocol commissioned by the West London Commissioning group and evaluated by Westminster university. It is an early intervention and prevention programme aimed at NHS patients who need to make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk of chronic illnesses. The criteria for joining at Yoga4Health programme are: –
Stress/anxiety or low mood
Pre-diabetic, Type 2 diabetes
At risk of cardio-vascular disease with a Q-RISK score of around 10
Socially isolated.

This is a 10week programme that has been shown to statistically improve measures of …
Patient activation (health promoting behaviour)
Lowering stress and anxiety levels
Improving wellbeing and social connectedness
Increasing levels of life satisfaction and
Reducing Waist circumference!

Drop us a line if you would like to know more.

Our Emotional Intelligence can give us vital information about how we use emotional data to make decisions, relate to others and inform personal wellbeing strategise. Get in contact if you are interested in exploring your own skills and areas for development.

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Resilience isn’t about clinging on for dear life. It’s about accessing your own resources and strategies to keep the journey going.

Love locks ❤️
(Love rocks)🥰

One of the advantages of a winter weekend is the opportunity for warm fires and hot chocolate.
Come join us for a warming weekend in January

Try a simple daily BEAR practice to increase your wellbeing and build personal resilience.

1- Breathe…. From your diaphragm. The wall of muscle that separates your chest cavity from your abdomen. This type of breathing will increase your lung capacity, as well as activate your rest and digest system whilst simultaneously exchanging more carbon dioxide for oxygen.

2. Energise… try starting the day by shaking the body gently and slapping the limbs to stimulate nerve endings and blood flow for a kick start without the caffeine.

3. Align… practice mindful lifting, moving and twisting throughout the day for better back health. Focus on keeping your spine natural and your stance supportive to avoid unnecessary strain, pushing or pulling.

4. Restore… spend 10 minutes lying on your back with your knees bent when you get home from work to recalibrate the spine after driving and to reduce stress on the mind and body. An active 10 minutes rest can be just enough to stop any spiralling negativity leak into unwanted parts of your evening.

Cognitive reshuffling is a great way to aid the brain into inducing sleep. If you struggle sometimes at night to turn off your thoughts consider performing a simple exercise. Our favourite is the Random Reshuffle!
To do this, simply visualise a random object in your mind whilst at the same time naming it (silently). Then think of another random item, name it as quickly as you can and keep repeating.
Try to not let the items connect (e.g similar categories like fruit or animals). Let us know how you get on!

A cup of tea and a sit down.
Small habits that can give us just enough time to regroup.

In our hectic schedules we often forget to spend time taking in the beauty around us. Often this only needs to take a couple of seconds.

What a beautiful Christmassy breakfast dished out by ! All the colours of the festive period. Now that’s what you call a good start to the day!