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Improving your Mind and Body While Travelling

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mental health while travelingIf you’re a frequent traveller, you know how hectic things can get on the road. With flights and deadlines and places to be, it can be easy to let your physical and mental health take a backseat to productivity and participation. Did you know though that embracing your journey could be the best way to invest in your mind and body?

Let each local culture, environment, and cuisine provide you with opportunities to improve your mind and body. If you open your eyes to the possibilities, you’ll see the thousands of options in front of you as you travel the world.

Experiencing New Music

Did you know that with different regions of the world come new songs, musicians, and even instruments? One of the best ways to expand your experience while travelling is to absorb the local music culture. It can give you a window into the history of the areas that you visit. Learning how to read drum tabs or guitar chords can mean you are always ready to pick up new instruments and experience different styles.

Reading the Local Paper

If you want to expand your knowledge of world politics, geography, and culture, try reading the paper while you travel. Each local paper tells a story of the place it is from, and you can enrich your trip by reading even just the headlines. Even if you are visiting a country with a language you aren’t familiar with, you can translate articles online and read them at your leisure.

I always start my travelling days with coffee and the local paper. It awakens my mind on days that I may be engaging in primarily physical activities rather than mental and gives me a deeper understanding of my destination.

Learning to Cook New Cuisine

One of life’s greatest gifts is good cooking. Travelling gives you the unique experience of being able to try cuisine from all over the world. But a great meal does more than only satisfy your tastebuds. Learning about new recipes and cuisines can help you with your physical health journey. Italy, for example, is a great place to find home-grown, unprocessed pasta that can be much healthier for your digestion than pre-packaged brands.

Cooking can also be a great skill to develop that can improve your mental acuity and focus. Learning, in general, awakens areas of your brain and sparks growth. As you memorize recipes and figure out how flavours combine, you are creating neural connections in your brain. It gives new meaning to the phrase “brain food.”

Embracing the Local Nature to Stay Active

Something worth noting is that the animals and fauna change wherever you go, especially from continent to continent. Some places are mountainous and snowy, and others are humid and coastal. Did you know that each environment poses different opportunities to get active?

If you’re spending some time on the coast, improve your strength and posture by getting in the water for a surfing lesson. Work your muscles by swimming against the current. If you’re staying on a rocky inland cliff, go for a morning hike to start your day. Embrace each local environment as you travel for a truly unique way to invest in your body health.

The Bottom Line

When you visit a new part of the world, you get a window into other societies, customs, and cultures. As a traveller, you can use each visit as an opportunity to better your mind and body. With new music, local newspapers, fresh cuisine, and ample nature surrounding you, you are sure to have the experience of a lifetime. 

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The Healthy Voyager, aka Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, is the creator and host of The Healthy Voyager web series, site, and overall brand. An award winning healthy, special diet and green living and travel expert, holistic nutritionist, plant based vegan chef, best-selling cookbook author, media spokesperson, sought after speaker, consultant and television personality, Carolyn Scott-Hamilton is a respected figure in the world of healthy lifestyle and travel as well as special diet cooking and nutrition. The Healthy Voyager aims to help people live well, one veggie at a time!

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  1. Emma says:
    November 22, 2020 at 6:18 am

    You need to be able to completely reboot on vacation. For some, the best way out is just to lie on the beach, and my husband and I love outdoor activities. Many studies show that the quality of sleep directly affects health and mood. After physical activity, especially in the water, sleep is usually strong and deep, truly restorative. In addition to endurance, surfing also trains the strength of the muscles, especially the back, because the quality of the deflection depends on the efficiency of rowing, and, consequently, how well you ride and how many waves you will leave. So you will definitely try! The main thing is to stock up on everything you need on the site in advance https://easy-surfshop.com/ . When jumping on the Board, the torso works, and when driving-the whole body, including the legs. Even those who do a lot of sports, the first time the muscles hurt, because the load is unusual. But, you must agree, this is a pleasant pain!

  2. Randy White says:
    June 14, 2022 at 4:49 am

    Undoubtedly, travel has a huge number of advantages. The only problem is the lack of finance. I can’t afford to spend a lot of money on travel.

  3. TonyGreys says:
    June 27, 2022 at 5:25 am

    I understand you perfectly, because my salary is quite small. However, I travel quite often as I am always looking for List of last minute deals at this website. This is a great opportunity to find a great tour at a good discount. I am an easy-going person, so I do not need to plan a trip a couple of months in advance. I am ready to pack my backpack in the evening and board the plane in the morning.

  4. Balance Blind says:
    November 25, 2022 at 7:23 am

    Actually, food is one of the reasons I like to travel so much. I’m a huge food enthusiast, and I can tell you that I check various gastronomic tours all the time. The last time I was on chicago food tour, and it was incredible, so it’s definitely worth trying if you want to improve your experience from the trip.

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