Bone Health Workshop with Sally Parkes
Sunday 12 April 2026 | 9-11am (GMT)
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Get proactive about your bone health with Sally Parkes’ Strong Bones workshop. Understand how bones stay healthy; why exercise matters, and what we can safely do at home to support bone density, feel stronger and more confident, at any stage of life.
What we’ll gain from this workshop:
- A practical understanding of how exercise can help maintain and improve bone density
- Clear, research-led guidance (without overwhelm or jargon)
- Three simple, repeatable movement practices to use at home
- Confidence to move safely if you have osteopenia or osteoporosis
- A downloadable digital handout to support your learning and ongoing practice
Why bones need movement.
Once we reach adulthood, it’s easy to assume our bones are fixed and unchanging. In reality, bones are living, dynamic tissue. They are constantly being broken down and rebuilt through a remarkable internal system known as osseous tissue — a complex ecosystem of minerals, blood vessels and specialised cells working together.
These key bone cells include:
- Osteoclasts, which remove old or damaged bone
- Osteoblasts, which build new bone tissue
- Osteocytes, which monitor bone health and signal when remodelling is needed
- Osteogenic cells, which create new osteoblasts
Exercise plays a vital role in keeping this system healthy. Weight-bearing and resistance-based movement place gentle mechanical stress on the skeleton, stimulating bone-building cells to strengthen and thicken the bones. Without regular movement, bone loss can occur more quickly.
What we’ll cover:
During this live online workshop, Sally will guide you through:
- The anatomy of bone and how bone cells communicate and renew
- How different types of exercise directly influence bone density
- The role of nutrition in supporting bone cell maintenance and repair
- A review of the latest research on exercise and bone health
We’ll then put this knowledge into practice with three 20-minute yoga- and Pilates-inspired body-weight sessions, designed to be repeated easily at home (with adaptations for those with osteopenia or osteoporosis).
This is an empowering, evidence-based session designed to help you look after your bones, and those of your students and clients, for the long term — with clarity, confidence and care.
Who is this workshop for?
Anyone interested in deepening their understanding of the skeleton, especially over 50s
Anyone who wants to improve the well-being of their students and clients, especially those who teach those in mid-and senior years
No prior yoga or Pilates experience needed. Adaptations will also be provided for individuals with bone conditions such as osteopenia and osteoporosis. Please message Sally directly so she’s aware of the necessary adaptations: info@sallyparkesyoga.com
Sally Parkes
Sally Parkes has a bachelor’s degree in Sport Science and is certified as a Pilates Matwork teacher, as well as a certified yoga and pranayama teacher, training with renowned teachers Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, Ann-see Yeoh, Paul Dallaghan and Sri Tiwari, before establishing her own certified yoga school, training over 1,500 yoga teachers
Sally specialises in women’s wellness, offering yoga that honours the natural cycles of menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, postnatal recovery, and menopause. She has published two yoga books and written many articles for Yoga publications.
Based in West Sussex with her two daughters, Sally teaches Hatha Yoga and Pilates internationally and from home, while studying for a master’s degree in Exercise Physiology, focusing on improved cardiac health for older women.
Cost
We know that our community sometimes face real cost-dilemmas and that our wellbeing practices can be the first to suffer when life gets hard. We’re here for you.
We therefore offer a ‘Pay As You Feel’ for our MFML workshops.
There is a suggested price, which we ask you to pay, if you have the means. The suggested price is the ‘true cost’ of running the workshop, and this is £35.
If, however, finances are getting in the way of you joining, you are welcome to pay what you can afford so that you can still benefit and participate. This is the Buddhist system of Dana. The minimum that we can accept is £15, because as a small business we similarly need to be mindful of our cost considerations.
Questions?
If you have any questions about the workshop, drop us a message on support@movementformodernlife.com
Terms & Conditions
Practising safely
The live online workshops are for your education and your enjoyment only. You are participating in the live classes at your own risk. You are encouraged to to take breaks when needed and/or when in doubt, don’t do sequences that you are even a little concerned about. If you have any health condition, please seek medical advice before taking any form of exercise. Any concerns, please let us know before the workshop starts.
If you feel unwell in any way or if you experience any discomfort during class, please stop the class and consult your health practitioner immediately. Remember that yoga is mostly a journey off the mat and into life, and it is a journey about taking responsibility for our own actions and cultivating self-knowledge. Only choose exercises which will nurture and support you, and please take responsibility for yourself and your current abilities during your practice. Remember that each day is different, and even if yesterday you were able to perform a movement, that is no indicator that the same exercise is possible today. Please move within your comfortable limits and if you’re in any doubt whatsoever, please seek medical advice.
We are not medical practitioners and we do not seek to offer medical advice. Please consult your healthcare practitioner before starting any new exercise. This is particularly important if you have any limiting condition or are, pregnant, nursing, regularly taking medications, or have any existing medical conditions. We do not accept any liability whatsoever for any injury or damage, either during or after this retreat. Your participation in this retreat is entirely voluntary and at your own risk, and you agree to abide by the T&Cs of Movement for Modern Life.
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