Mindful Action Therapy

Our guided hikes give you the weekly support you need to institute your own exercise habit.

In this setting, we work with the challenges that may arise as you form new patterns around exercise, your relationship to your body, and much more. Mindful Hikes are one of many strategies designed to help you create lasting change through lifestyle change. 

Here’s what some experts have to say about depression and exercise: 

Exercise was a significant predictor of being free of depression at the end of follow-up ... For every 50 minutes of exercise a week there is a 50 percent decrease in the likelihood of being depressed. †

After demonstrating that 30 minutes of brisk exercise three times a week is just as effective as drug therapy in relieving the symptoms of major depression in the short term, medical center researchers have now shown that continued exercise greatly reduces the chances of the depression returning. †

A simple program of regular aerobic exercise can substantially improve depression scores in patients with moderate to severe major depression, despite prior failures with pharmacologic therapy. ‡

With Mindful Hikes we ease you into exercise first with gentle hikes, as we move towards more challenging  aerobic workouts on more rigorous trails.

Here are just a few of the benefits of our hiking program:

• Being out in nature tends to widen one’s perspective.

• There is a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from making it to the top of a hill or mountain, and taking in a fantastic view from above it all.

• We hike in groups. Sometimes we incorporate mindfulness practice, and other times we simply allow for social interaction, which is another important element in treating depression.

 
Mindful Hike Costs

To sign up for a specific Mindful Hike, or a package of hikes, contact us here to send us a message or give us a call.

12 or more:          $13  

36 or more:          $10  

_{† James Blumenthal, Ph.D., professor of medical psychology at Duke University. Study: Exercise Has Long-Lasting Effect on Depression}

^{‡Exercise treatment for depression, Efficacy and dose response. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 1-8 A. Dunn, M. Trivedi, J. Kampert, C. Clark, H. Chambliss}