A recorded interview with Morning Momentum, a wellness group on the Isle of Man.
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00:00Well the format is we have our own formula so to speak and it's as simple
00:05as early rise, exercise or movement, cold water exposure and community, there are
00:10four pillars. So the early rise speaks for itself, cold water exposure speaks
00:15for itself, the movement side of it can be anything. So it started off with us
00:21just running and for a long time we really wanted to encourage more people
00:25involved but the problem was people saw it as quite laddy and it was just a
00:30bunch of lads running so it kind of put people off and slowly but surely we
00:35managed to get, I will shout out the three teachers up in Ramsey they know
00:38who they are, they joined in and they started walking and having them in the
00:43videos walking and being able to tell people oh we have a walking group now
00:46naturally more people felt safer to come along and felt like it was more
00:50manageable for them. I think the beauty of the community side is the range
00:55of people that we have so we've got from a young 15 year old autistic lad whose
01:01life has been changed and he's become part of the family and that's a big
01:04word that we can use, Ramsey feels like a family, Douglas now feels like a family
01:09down south they feel like a family together. It's hard to put into words the
01:12feeling when you're getting up in the morning you're walking into a
01:17freezing cold Irish Sea and the Sun starts to rise over the horizon you're
01:21looking at this fireball while you're in this freezing cold environment but the
01:25bonding experience that that creates and the feeling that you have when you get
01:30out is it's like magic. So here's some of the stories which I'm sure these
01:35guys can elaborate on where it's actually really changed people's lives
01:39especially people who are suffering with depression, anxiety, self-confidence,
01:44self-worth, all that type of stuff, respiratory issues and respiratory
01:48health. Douglas is kind of a get in touch with myself or Mikey basically and we
01:54will point you in the right direction. We've got leaders in Douglas
01:58or a leader in Douglas, we've got leaders down south and we're hopefully at the
02:04start of next year gonna head out west somewhere we just need we've got a
02:07couple of people who are interested in being a leader so we're looking to
02:10expand all over the island but yes get in touch with myself or Mike and we'll
02:14point you in the right direction. It's completely free, turn up, the idea of
02:20turning up in the morning and doing what we do will always be free people will
02:24never have to pay for that and why would you you know and so yeah get in touch
02:29with us turn up and just enjoy it. I most certainly see I'm much more resilient
02:39from doing it since doing it my mental state is so strong it's like nothing can
02:46sort of phase me in the day which is I put it down to the cold water to be
02:52fair yeah and that tough start doing the hardest thing your hardest task first
02:58thing with a bunch of people and yeah it just sets you off like a rocket. We've
03:05got many ways coming up where we tighten the collaborations with the health and
03:09wellness people around the island and the other businesses because we're in a
03:14unique position on the island that I've never seen before where we do have a lot
03:18of young entrepreneurs looking at health and wellness and trying to make
03:24the island healthier better and if we can be some sort of a conduit between a
03:29lot of them then we're happy to take that role. I think it's about making
03:35yourself feel better and then the community can feel better from that as
03:38well it's just get up start your day in the most positive way conquer something
03:42in the morning and then you set up for the rest of the day feeling amazing so
03:46if you're suffering with anxiety depression any type of you know loneliness
03:52lack of confidence self-worth just get the hardest part is getting up getting
03:58out of bed getting to the location and then just giving it a go and I promise
04:03you it will change your life