Health & Wellbeing Courses in London and Online

Explore physical and non-physical techniques for self defence, developing your assertiveness, body language and more. Women of any age or fitness level are welcome to come and enhance their confidence.

Whether you experience long term physical or acute pain, unpleasant body symptoms or simply want to understand the pain better or improve your health and wellbeing, this course offers the possibilities available to you. It will also guide you to the direct experience of peace, a relaxed body and improved functioning as well as providing you with the know how to make the choice.

Learn how to reduce tension in your neck, upper back and chest. Re-educate the nervous system through gentle movement sequences, and improve your comfort, breathing, flexibility and posture in work, performance or everyday life.

Celebrate International Yoga Day with the experience of Yoga Nidra (deep yogic relaxation). This practice is deeply restful and will leave you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. It can also provide support and guidance at times of change or uncertainty. Expect some simple gentle movement before lying down and easing into stillness. Everyone is welcome.

Explore the importance of aligning the body for safe yoga practice. Alignment helps us understand the shape of asanas (yoga poses) and keeps our mind focused, centred, and eventually aligned as well. This class is suitable for beginners as well as general yoga practitioners.

Start your day off with guided meditation and learning a mantra meditation technique. Meditation is simple, but the mind complicates it, and we’ve learnt to listen to the mind. Find out how to make meditation easy! Suitable for everyone.



This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

Do you want to slow down aging? Do you want to be fit and healthy into your later years? This is the course for you! Learn which foods and drinks slow down ageing and protect your body from the diseases of older age, and which foods you should be avoiding. Gain a proper understanding of why some foods are so good for us, and why some are so damaging to our bodies. This is a relaxed and friendly class where questions are welcomed. It is packed with information and you should leave it feeling inspired to make healthier decisions about what you do and don’t eat and drink.







‘Nutrition to slow down aging part one’ and ‘Nutrition to slow down aging part two’ are two stand-alone three hour courses. You can take both courses, or just one, ideally take part one first, but it doesn’t matter if you do them the other way around. The courses complement each other.



This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.

If you are not sure how to find your ideal volunteering role, but want to pass on some of your hard-won skills, experience and knowledge, this course will give you some ideas and contacts for further exploration.

Discover how to return your body to its natural state of balance and poise in this beginner's guide to the Alexander Technique. Learn to become mindful of muscular and mental tension in our Monday workshop.

Learn how to integrate the function of your feet more effectively into daily activities, performance or work. Find more support, strength, and springiness in your feet, and notice improvements in your posture, breathing and balance.



This course is delivered in-person at City Lit.



Please ensure you have read the Health Declaration below and email the department on Health@citylit.ac.uk if you have any questions or concerns.

This Improvers Pilates Workshop aims to develop your confidence at practicing Pilates and to make your technique more fluid and accurate.