Nature provides the best place on earth for the ultimate in self-care.

Spending time with Mother Nature in the great outdoors helps to reduce stress, find clarity, and refresh your mind while invigorating your body.

Good self-care is KEY to improved mood,  reduced anxiety, and a good relationship with yourself as well as others.

I live across the street from a hiking trail by a creek, and I’ve found if I do about five laps of the trail by the creek, I can get in my 10,000 steps for the day, which is about four miles total.

I try to get on the trail as often as I can when I can and sometimes it takes a couple short walks to get me to my goal of 10,000 steps a day...

And…

What I’ve found is that this is one of the ways I implement a daily habit called...SELF-CARE.

Which helps my mood, manage stress, and keep my ‘zen,’ as well as clear my head.

Meditate even…

Not to mention, get the benefits of being surrounded by nature AND fit in some...

Any life transformation you seek starts simply with desire. For me, it was a desire to undo the damage of sitting so much, to enjoy more time in nature, to have a goal that was easily achievable. I also came to the realization that no one else can move my body for me, and if I didn't set a goal I'd find a reason to avoid doing something I knew was important for my health.

The beauty of my own journey to 10,000 steps was that the benefits were far greater than I could have imagined. I now eagerly look forward to my daily walk or walks (sometimes I break it up into several shorter walks).

I wasn't prepared for how radically my life would transform when I decided to create a daily habit of walking/hiking 10,000 steps (or more). My moods improved, aches/pains/stiffness went away, I slept better, I lost weight (unexpectedly), my legs got stronger and more shapely, my heavy breathing diminished, my creativity blossomed, my patience grew and the list goes on.

Why Take 10,000 Steps A Day