BENEFITS OF TAKING A STROLL

THE MEDITATION MASTER'S WALK While walking, you can meditate. Several studies have confirmed meditation's ability to ease anxiety, depression, insomnia, digestive problems and lower high blood pressure. THE FAMILY-TIME TALK Talk, laugh or debate with family on your walk together. All these are healthy. Also, engaging in outdoor activities together is healthy. A 20-minute walk can calm your overactive brain and restore your attention according to studies. THE TREE HUGGER'S WALK For an hour, researchers sent a group of walker's into a city and another walkers group into a forested area. The forest walkers had improved lung and heart functions after. The city walkers did not. Nature walks can be healing. THE SOCIALIZER'S WALK Walking with friends can be fun and beneficial. One study showed people who stroll in walking groups had lower resting heart rate, lower blood pressure, reduced cholesterol and more effective weight loss. THE MEMORY-BOOSTER WALK Your memory can be preserved by making walking a habit. Researchers followed 300 adults for 13 years. They found that their risk of memory problems was lowered by 50% by those who had walked six to nine miles a week. THE PHILOSOPHER'S WALK Walking provides not only deep thoughts, but also other brain perks. Adults slowed their age-related declines in brain function and improved their performance on cognitive tasks by walking forty minutes three times a week.