Courses

One-on-One and One-on-Two Courses
You may for various reasons prefer to do a course on your own or with someone you know. As well as getting more attention from the instructor compared with a group course, you also have more time to embed and refine the technique and more control over how long it will take to complete a course as sessions can be more easily booked in advance.

Courses for Individuals
Tailor-made courses are also available giving you the flexibility to decide when and where you want to train and to what level. The cost of a full course must be paid in advance of starting it. The number of sessions invloved can be negotiated depending on inidividual need and ability and the level you personally wish to achieve with Nordic Walking technique.

Regular Nordic Walking Groups
Once you’re proficient with the technique and there are enough Nordic Walkers in a given local area, you will be able to take advantage of regular one hour Nordic Walks.

Courses for existing Walking Scheme Leaders
One-to-one courses are also available to experienced (natural) Walking scheme leaders interested in becoming a Nordic Walking Activity Leader to lead other Nordic walkers on regular Nordic Walking for Health Nordic walks.

On all courses, you will be required to complete, sign and date a simple Health questionnaire prior to your introductory session. It is recommended that you consult your doctor before taking part in a new exercise, should you be concerned in any way.

Location

Beginners are best taught on a flat, firm surface, e.g. seafront promenades, local parks and running tracks. Course sessions for groups beyond the introductory one are then available on rough tracks and footpaths, in woodland and over hilly ground. If you are having a one-to-one session, feel free to select your own route or terrain.

Cost

Taster Sessions - payment is due at the beginning of the session

Full courses - payment must be made in advance when booking a place on a course. See below for more information on costs for group and one-to-one courses.

Exel Nordic Walker Trainer poles are provided free of charge.

A 100% cancellation fee is applicable when clients cancel a session less than 12 hours before it is due to start. A 50% cancellation fee is applicable when clients cancel a session between 12 and 24 hours before it is due to start.

Regular Nordic Walking Groups
Regular sessions cost £10 per person for 2 hours.

One-to-One Courses for existing Walking Scheme Leaders
The introductory session costs £30. Subsequent sessions cost £40.  Discounts are available to organised Walking schemes in the voluntary sector.

Technique

To gain maximum benefit, it is important to learn good, effective technique. The aim of the technique is to optimise upper body effort and slightly exaggerate the human body’s natural Walking motion without changing its natural rhythm.

Nordic Walking for Health instructors use a comprehensive ten stage stepladder technique for teaching Nordic Walking technique for the purposes of exercising as effectively as possible and improving posture.

Weekend Taster and Course Sessions

Booking is now open for:

• Brighton & Hove and Shoreham
• Seaford, Friston Forest, Cuckmere Haven and the Seven Sisters Country Park (for Eastbourne, Lewes & Newhaven)
• the Ashdown Forest (for East Grinstead, Forest Row, Hartfield & other villages)

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When emailing to book, remember to indicate which location(s) you are interested in.

Once you have notified Nordic Walking for Health of your interest, you will be added to the waiting list for a taster session or full course in the area(s) you indicate. Shortly before a weekend day listed above, you will receive a group email to see if you're available on that day. If enough people are available in the same area, you will get a confirmation email, no later than the day before, giving final arrangements for the session, including where to meet.

Nordic Walking for Health reserves the right to postpone sessions if the weather is very poor and to cancel sessions if too few places have been booked to make a group viable. In both cases, you will be able to re-book.

Booking is also open for One-to-One/One-to-Two Sessions in Brighton & Hove, Lewes, Newhaven and Seaford and the Ashdown Forest on weekdays, including tailor-made programmes near where you/your family live and early morning starts, and at weekends, whenever group taster sessions do not take place.