Active Health Classes

High Life Highland’s virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation classes are delivered to you by a live instructor via the Zoom platform. This is an interactive session which enables you to take part from the comfort of your own home, with the added benefits of an instructor delivering a workout that can be adapted to suit your level and exercise goals.

The Parkinson’s Exercise programme has been created specifically for people with Parkinson’s.

Classes consist of functional exercises, some of which are chair-based, and some will use a range of simple equipment. This is an interactive session which enables you to take part from the comfort of your own home, with the added benefits of an instructor delivering a workout that can be adapted to suit your level and exercise goals.

Strength and balance is a moderate intensity class based on building up muscular strength to support the activities of everyday life, along with improving balance and coordination which can be affected by cancer treatments. This class involves a short warm up - a range of exercises covering different areas of the body with adaptations to suit different abilities such as seated options. The class ends with a short cool down/stretching section.

Stretching and mobility is a gentle paced 30 minute class focusing on flexibility and mobility of the body to improve everyday function. This class includes mobility movements for the joints in the body and stretching exercises for the muscles. We move top to toe, working down the body to stretch and loosen. Stretches can be adapted to suit all abilities.

Gentle movement is a relaxing, slow paced class with a gentle warm up section, core movements and a meditation based cool down at the end. This class can be done seated or standing, and aims to improve posture, balance and promote a sense of relaxation. The movements are low impact and similar to Tai-Chi or Qi Gong.

The Parkinson’s Exercise programme has been created specifically for people with Parkinson’s.

Classes consist of functional exercises, some of which are chair-based, and some will use a range of simple equipment. This is an interactive session which enables you to take part from the comfort of your own home, with the added benefits of an instructor delivering a workout that can be adapted to suit your level and exercise goals.

High Life Highland’s virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation classes are delivered to you by a live instructor via the Zoom platform. This is an interactive session which enables you to take part from the comfort of your own home, with the added benefits of an instructor delivering a workout that can be adapted to suit your level and exercise goals.

The Parkinson’s Exercise programme has been created specifically for people with Parkinson’s. This class is aimed at those who have been newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s and only have mild symptoms. This is an interactive session which enables you to take part from the comfort of your own home, with the added benefits of an instructor delivering a workout that can be adapted to suit your level and exercise goals.