Trail Rx Stop 7 on the Highway to Health Trail is a bench near Manatt Lake Shelter, off of the Shirey Way segment of the Highway to Health Trail. From inside the shelter facing the lake, the benches are to your left on a small beach. Your mental health prescription for this Trail Rx stop is below. You may read the invitation, or you may listen to a recording of the invitation. Be sure the volume on your phone or ear buds is turned up so that you can comfortably hear the speaker. After listening to the recording, you may need to stop the Soundcloud application from automatically advancing to another audio file. Perhaps you'll want to take some time after reading or listening to the invitation to reflect or to notice your environment.
Click here for a recording of the following invitation:
For this Trail Rx Stop, you are invited to notice reflections on the lake. Maybe it's the trees. Maybe it's the clouds overhead reflecting in the water. Perhaps it's your reflection. What are you noticing? How do you feel?
Benefits:
Memory and attention span have been found to improve by twenty percent after one hour interacting in nature, and this benefit still occurs whether the subjects enjoy the experience (Berman, 2008). Walking one lap of the Highway to Health Trail takes about an hour (non-stop), so enjoy the cognitive boost even if the weather is less than ideal!
Click here for a recording of the following invitation:
For this Trail Rx Stop, you are invited to notice reflections on the lake. Maybe it's the trees. Maybe it's the clouds overhead reflecting in the water. Perhaps it's your reflection. What are you noticing? How do you feel?
Benefits:
Memory and attention span have been found to improve by twenty percent after one hour interacting in nature, and this benefit still occurs whether the subjects enjoy the experience (Berman, 2008). Walking one lap of the Highway to Health Trail takes about an hour (non-stop), so enjoy the cognitive boost even if the weather is less than ideal!
