A look back at Tai Chi in the Park and Terrarium Workshop, allotment social!

It’s been a while since we’ve been on here! We’ve been so busy delivering the action-packed Green UPLIFT calendar, it's not left much time for blogging but as our Green UPLIFT sadly draws to a close, we reflect on the special days we’ve shared together.

Picking up from where we left off in Elsecar Park, our following Green UPLIFT saw another instalment of Tai Chi in the park (a different Park!) with local Tai Chi master, Rich Morley. As well as being great for physical health, Tai Chi is also recognized to promote mindfulness, a meditation tool that can be very positive for your mental health and wellbeing. A spot of midweek mindfulness certainly helps us to get through the week and seemingly had a very positive impact on UPLIFTER’s too:

“I feel very chilled. There’s something lovely about doing Tai Chi outside, with the birdsong and the sun coming out, doing it in nature is really good for you, very good for mindfulness.”

“It’s great for people to get back into nature, especially if you’re moving and breathing in it, just being in nature is calming. A dose of calm.”

We couldn't agree more!

In another return to the programme and back by popular demand was the allotment social 
featuring a terrarium workshop with DIY Terrariums. 

Terrarium's are self-sustaining eco systems, miniature landscapes in jars. They are created by layering pebbles, charcoals, soil and moss so each plant has all it needs. 

In this tactile and therapeutic workshop, UPLIFTER’s commented: 

“The workshop was very good, it was informative, they explained things and it was easy to follow. It was nice to do something different, to create something that you can take home and see it grow."

Here's Liz with one she made earlier!