HTHL: Trees Care for Your Mind badge

HTHL: Trees Care for Your Mind

Self-guided nature/forest therapy exercise for stressed out youth and professionals, take a few moments to reconnect with your senses.

Keywords: Mindfulness, Nature, Meditation, Health, Mental health, Wellness

Challenge provided by: Texas A&M Forest Service
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Details

Recurring Event icon Recurring Event
Start Date: Oct 11, 2023
End Date: Dec 31, 2099
Less than 30 minutes icon < 30 minutes Easy icon Easy Outdoor Only icon Outdoor
 icon Free

This Challenge is for:

  • All Ages

Challenge Topics:

  • At Home
  • Nature and Mental Health

This Challenge is accessible for:

  • People with Visual Impairments
  • People with Hearing Impairments
  • People with Mobility Impairments
  • People with Developmental Impairments
  • People with Sensory Sensitivities
  • People who speak Spanish

Things you’ll need...

Don’t forget your...

  • Pen or pencil

To complete this challenge

Step one

Download and Print

Download the HTHL Handout and print it out.

Step two

Pick a Location

Find a location that you can walk and sit comfortably in the presence of trees. Picking a quiet spot will is preferable, as it will prevent interruptions.

Step three

Follow Along with the Handout

Read the instructions and follow along as best you can. If possible, write down some of your thoughts and observations in the space provided so that you can reflect on them later.

Step four

Earn your badge!

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Texas A&M Forest Service and cooperators collectively known as “Nature Challenge” have not inspected the physical locations of challenges. No warranty of safecondition, or fitness for particular use is granted by Nature Challenge. Nature Challenge has not vetted whether the challenges, as formatted by the Provider, is safe. Anyone performing this challenge will be doing so at their own risk.