Moving Marnoo
Farmer Wants a Healthy Life
English - September 21, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBHealth & Fitness farmer farming health mental health ross river cancer zoonotic diseases prostate cancer suicide support Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode we hear from Tania Walter about how she is helping farmers to be more active in Marnoo. She shares her passion for running the group and the joy it brings to her and others that come. She also talks about how her and her husband run a bio-dynamic farm and how that came about.
Interested in the topic and looking for more?
Has listening to Tania inspired you to put more movement in your life? Not sure where or how best to start? Check out these websites for tips, advice, and ideas on how to start and putting more movement in your days.
Better Health Channel
Health Direct
National Centre for Farmer Health
You Got This Mate!
Thinking of joining a group like Tania’s Farm Fit group? Maybe an Active Farmers groups is for you. Active Farmers is a regular group fitness class program that is fun and interactive. It is designed to get people active and create a sense of community and belonging. There are Active Farmer groups in rural towns around Australia, you can find one near you here. You can find more information on each of the below aspects of Active Farmers below:
EventsBecoming a participantStarting your own Active Farmers groupHealth workshopsOnline classesYou can also listen to our Farmer Wants a Healthy Life episodes of people that have been part of Active Farmers:
Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
Social Side of Exercise
Tania talked a bit about how exercise can help people with their mental wellbeing. Want to learn more about how exercise can help mental wellbeing? Check out the below websites for more information:
Better Health Channel
Health Direct
Headspace
For other tips and advice to help reduce stress you can also check out:
Better Health Channel
Health Direct
You can also listen to our Farmer Wants a Healthy Life episode The Ins and Outs of Stress.
In the episode Tania talked about her and her husband’s farm and some of the things that happen there. Interested in finding out more about it? Check out their website and social media pages below.
Burrum Biodynamics
Facebook: @BurrumBiodynamics
Twitter:
Facebook: @FarmerWantsaHealthyLife Twitter: @_FWAHL