Hiking provides a lot of benefits to your body and to your brain. It also has social, familial and spiritual benefits.

1. Hiking for head-to-
toe health

2. CONTENTS
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● Purpose of hiking
● Benefits for your body
● Benefits for your brain
● Mental benefits of hiking
● Social & familial benefits
● Cognitive benefits
● Spiritual benefits
● Financial benefits
● References

3. Purpose of
hiking
Hiking tours offer a unique
opportunity for exercise,
socialization, learning,
escape, reflection,
expansion of thought, and
improved mental well-
being.

4. Benefits for your body
● Tone your upper body
● Make heart healthy
● Give bones a boost
● Give your joints a
break
● Tone your lower body

5. Benefits for your brain
● Get creative
● Relax
● Energize
● Get social

6. Mental benefits of hiking
● Helps to unplug from
technology
● Promotes psychological
well-being
● Natural stress-relief

7. Social & familial benefits
● Building relationship
● Making new friends
● Motivating one another
● Make stronger bonds
between family &
friends

8. Cognitive benefits
● Improvement in reasoning
skills
● Improved memory
● Improved attention span
● Improved scores on
cognitive tests

9. Spiritual benefits
● Provides meditative
experience
● Quiet time away from
everyday life
● Gets closer to nature
● Gets closer to the creator

10. Financial benefits
● Cheaper than many
athletic activities
● Cheaper than joining a
gym
● Many local parks are free
to use

11. References
● https://otterbeeoutdoors.com/
purpose-of-hiking/
● https://www.webmd.com/fitnes
s-exercise/features/hiking-
body-mind
● https://www.ontarioparks.com/
parksblog/hiking-for-head-to-
toe-health/

12. THANKS!