Where it all began…

It all begins with an idea. The pandemic hit us all hard and in many different ways. For me personally however, there were some positives.

Time to self-reflect and process - time that hadn't been there before (or at least time that I had not made before). Really looking at my life, making small lifestyle changes led to me reconnecting with the outdoors and being more active. So much so that in September 2021, sat at my desk, I decided the balance had to change.

I needed to change my situation to get more time away from the desk. But what could an unfit, 40ish year old do?

I remembered hearing about Nordic Walking through a friend. Being a skier and loving walking - it sounded like something I could try. Googling frantically trying to find classes to go to that wouldn't take me out of my job for too long (HOW would I fit it in amongst two kids?!)- it hit me.

Nothing changes if nothing changes.

I had landed on the British Nordic Walking website and saw that they offered training to become a qualified instructor. Could I really do this? Could I really change my life, and help others by running my own classes? Before I convinced myself that I couldn't / shouldn't, I booked myself onto a 1:1 session with the amazing Karen and ultimately went on to complete the instructor qualification in Autumn 2021.

Roll onto January 2022 and Nordicymru was born - instructing Nordic Walking in West Wales!.