Mind in Essex has partnered with Active Essex Find Your Active: Move for your Mind
We’ve partnered with Active Essex to bring the Find Your Active: Move for your Mind campaign to our communities, creating more opportunities to stay active, feel good, and support your mental health.
What is Move Your Mind?
Find Your Active: Move for your Mind is a county-wide movement that highlights the powerful connection between physical activity and mental wellbeing. Whether it’s walking, yoga, or online workouts, there’s something for everyone, it’s just about finding what’s right for you.
Find an activity near you
Use the Find Your Active activity finder to discover local sessions and events in your area, making it that much easier to get moving and look after your mental health.
Why movement matters
According to national Mind, moving more is good for our physical and mental health. Movement stimulates the release of endorphins – your body’s natural happiness boosters – helping to build resilience and leaving you feeling more balanced, energised, and ready to take on life’s challenges with a clearer mind. It can also help to:
Manage stress
Improve sleep
Boost your mood
Increase your confidence
Manage symptoms of depression and anxiety
Improve memory and brain function
Improve heart, muscle and bone health
Reduce the risk of developing some long-term conditions
We know that there are times when getting active feels difficult, especially if you’re living with chronic pain or a mental health condition that affects motivation. Others may find themselves over‑exercising or navigating challenges such as an eating disorder or body dysmorphic disorder, which can also make movement feel complicated.
If you are living with a condition, you may want to speak to your GP or a health professional before you get started, to make sure you begin exercising in a safe way.
Find out more about Find Your Active: Move for your Mind here: https://www.activeessex.org/find-your-active/