Collective outdoors
Walking and running with The Space To Breathe community in beautiful Leicestershire and further afield in The Peak and Lake District. We have loads of knowledge on the best routes and would love to spend time with you all in the great outdoors
What is collective outdoors?
Imagine walking or running side by side, through Swithland Woods or Bradgate Park … space to move, space to think, space to shout, space to breathe. You are all aware of the breeze on your skin, the sound of the birds, touching the tall grass as you pass through. How great does that feel? We create our community together, we share, its informal, it’s connection.
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity”
— John Muir, Our National Parks
How does collective outdoors work?
We run most Saturday mornings from Woodhouse Eaves or Newtown Linford on trails. We know the area very well so have some beautiful routes to run. Don’t worry if you think you are too slow, you are not! We run around 6 miles and have time for a cafe stop after or meet the yoga group who attend the 9 am class at Space To Breathe for breakfast after in the city centre. If you are interested in walking, please contact us as we have walking groups connected to The Space To Breathe Collective and we would like to expand our walking group activity.
Walking and running in The Peak District
Trips to The Peaks and Lakes this year. Interested? Contact us to arrange because being outdoors is good for us. Studies show it is good for our brain function, gives us feel good hormones, helps physical wounds heal more quickly, lessens the need for pain killers, gives us a sense of perspective. It’s a perfect antidote to today’s fast paced, technological way of life. It facilitates us to pay attention to the present, for example, if it starts to rain, you need to find shelter. And it helps us feel connected to the world around us and a sense of awe and wonder as we consider, for example, the 200 year old tree.
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in."
-John Muir.