Reality is there is a plethora of information available showing us that hiking is good for us! It is a form of exercising, nothin like climbing a hill and getting that heart rate up! Even short hikes can help reduce your risks of heart disease, lower blood pressure and help with many more health issues.
Reality is Hiking makes you strong and its not just your legs your working out. Climbing over fallen trees, across streams or over roots helps with you core and works your upper body and helps increase balance! It is an overall heath exercise that is key to your well-being! And there is more!!
Here are some reasons Hiking is good for your Soul…
- Reconnect to self and take time for you! When you find things are going a bit nutty in life, going for a hike gives you a chance to disconnect and reflect, to recharge and reconnect to self. When in nature you allow yourself to just BE, no judgements to preconceptions and the ability to listen to your heart and take in fresh air to boot! Taking a time out and going for a hike in nature will help you identify how you are really feeling, and this ability will help you start towards healing! Hiking is a rejuvenating experience all around for sure! Nature HEALS!
- Live in the moment. When was the last time you really were truly present in the moment and just allowing yourself to BE. The simplicity of getting into nature, removes all barriers as nature does not judge, experiencing no filters or stops just nature in the moment, it is EMPOWERING – Nature HEALS!
- Hiking helps to clear your mind and reduce stress! Our lives especially right now are busier and full of uncertainty. Changing the way, we live our lives, working from home, social distancing, everyday life continuing on no matter what is keeping stress levels higher than normal. Going for a hike reduces your blood pressure and even cortisol levels and helps calm you only in a way that nature can offer, even more than just exercise alone. NATURE HEALS!
- Hiking makes you Happier – reality is getting out into nature reduces negative thought patterns that play in your head because reality is Nature is full of beauty and fresh air. You can not help but look at your surroundings and to stop and smile. NATURE HEALS.
- Hiking reduces anxiety and depression – hiking helps to lower stress levels and anxiety by quieting the mind and allowing you to experience a type of meditation state through breathing in fresh air. Nature allows natural stress relief and an instant mood boost remember NATURE HEALS!
- Need to figure out a solution to a problem? Getting out into nature away from your daily stimuli restores depleted brain circuits and frees up more brain power for creativity and solutions! NATURE HEALS!
- Better Sleep – walking and climbing over uneven surfaces uses a lot of energy! NATURE HEALS!
- Hiking can help make you feel better and gives you a new appreciation for mother nature and all its beauty. This increases positive emotions and actually makes you feel more grateful and loving towards others! EMPOWERING – NATURE HEALS!
If you are ready to start your journey towards self-discovery, self-care, happiness and working towards truly living in the present then give me a call! You owe it to yourself!
Peace and Happiness
Wendy
Nature Connection Coach
Happyhikersfitness.com
