Keeping your mind healthy is thought to be just as important as your body. These days there’s greater understanding of how our minds and physical health link together. Studies have found that being more active, improves brain health.
We’ve all had times where we’d like to seek positive ways to reduce stress. Exercise releases endorphins into the brain, triggering good feelings and boosting mood. Perhaps there’s a practical pursuit that fits into your existing week to enhance your study, work or relationships.
Challenge yourself
There’s a wide range of active hobbies you could participate in and different reasons, as to why you’d engage in them. Whether you’re beginning a new activity or ready to stretch personal goals, each venture has different practical and physical demands. Knowing what’s involved with a challenge, will help build enthusiasm so it’s worth checking this all out in advance.
Ben Nevis Tourist Path
Perhaps you’re weighing up mountain climbing such as the Ben Nevis Path in the Western Highlands of Scotland. If you’re a complete novice, the ‘Ben Nevis Tourist Path’ might be an appropriate route to take. Whatever experience previously acquired, resilience, navigation and preparations in place for unpredictable weather will all be helpful. Nowadays with a number of useful apps available, your explorations can be simpler.
Muddling through!
You may enjoy taking on the ‘Tough Mudder’ obstacle course. With a physical challenge, being out in the elements and letting go of your inhibitions stimulates fun. This activity is suited to groups, either way if you attend as an individual you’ll be assigned to a unit of companions.
Dance classes
If you’ve admired different styles of dancing and want to increase flexibility, consider joining a local class. ‘Jazzercise’ combining aerobics and dance, has become a popular cardiovascular workout. By being part of a group, you’ll feel the music, energy and vibes others bring to the class, which all adds to the experience.
Going vertical
Indoor rock climbing is a growing sport and now features in the Olympics. If you feel this could be a suitable indoor activity to get involved with, it’s worth exploring local venues in your area. There’s different ways to climb; speed, lead and bouldering. As with any new sport, you’ll need to invest in the appropriate equipment in this case, climbing shoes, lightweight clothing and chalk.
Where do you begin?
By studying local publications, noticeboards and social media networks, you’ll be able to find clubs or associations to gain advice, compare reviews, as well as costs.
Structuring your week to include any extra training sessions or club meetings as necessary, will help you commit a sensible amount of time going forward to your new hobby.
If your new hobby requires a range of equipment or clothing, it’s probably sensible to plan a reasonable space to keep them in. Renting a self storage unit is a useful option, which would provide a dedicated room for your articles.
Positive impact
Pursuing an active hobby helps keep an active mind, so can be a great way to shape up more than your fitness level alone! A practical activity can provide us with different approaches in our lives and improve our overall wellbeing.
