Virtual Nature Walks For Mental Health

Today for Mental Health Awareness Month, I am highlighting the power of nature. While getting outside is good for our mental health, some days a walk might be challenging because of physical health concerns, because of the weather, or because we simply don't have enough "spoons*" to go out.

No matter why getting out in nature is challenging, here is a "low spoons" choose-your-own-adventure virtual option. Below I have 12 possible virtual walk options for you. Just choose one video from the soundtrack options and listen while watching one of the walk options.

Three Soundtrack Options

Forest

 

City Park

Ocean

Four Walk Options

Chicago Flowers

(Photographer Dreaming Ace)

Lakeside

(Photographer Dreaming Ace)

Through Time

(Photographer Dreaming Ace)

Nighttime Chicago

(Photographer Dreaming Ace)

*Spoon theory is a metaphor describing the amount of physical or mental energy that a person has available for daily activities and tasks and how it can become limited. The term was coined in a 2003 essay by American writer Christine Miserandino.